Somnia at a glance.
Somnia is a Layer 1 blockchain developed by Improbable together with the Somnia Foundation, with its mainnet and SOMI token going live in September 2025 after a testnet phase that the project reported processed over 10 billion transactions. It is EVM compatible and is aimed at applications that need high throughput and fast finality, such as games and consumer apps. Here is how it works and what it is used for, not the price.
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SOMI
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How Somnia works.
Somnia uses a design it calls MultiStream Consensus, in which validators produce their own data streams in parallel and a separate consensus process orders them. The project pairs this with sequential execution and a custom database called IceDB to target high transaction throughput with sub-second finality. Validators stake SOMI to take part in producing and finalizing blocks.
Somnia uses a design it calls MultiStream Consensus, in which validators produce their own data streams in parallel and a separate consensus process orders them. The project pairs this with sequential execution and a custom database called IceDB to target high transaction throughput with sub-second finality. Validators stake SOMI to take part in producing and finalizing blocks.
Parallel data streams
Each validator publishes its own chain of data, and a shared consensus layer orders these streams together, which is intended to raise total throughput across the network.
EVM compatibility
Somnia runs the Ethereum Virtual Machine, so developers can deploy Solidity contracts and reuse existing Ethereum tooling and wallets.
On-chain reactivity
The chain adds Solidity features that let contracts react to on-chain events directly, which the project positions for real-time game and app logic.
IceDB storage
A custom database called IceDB handles state reads and writes, part of the design aimed at keeping performance steady as activity grows.
What Somnia is used for.
Somnia is positioned for games, real-time consumer applications, and other high-volume on-chain activity.
On-chain games
High throughput and fast finality are aimed at games that keep state and actions on chain rather than off chain.
Consumer applications
The network targets apps with many small frequent interactions, such as social and entertainment products.
Token transfers and fees
SOMI is sent between accounts and pays the fees for transactions and contract calls on the network.
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