On September 14, 2025, the crypto community was abuzz: the Somnia network launched an airdrop worth 70,000 SOMI, rewarding community influencers. This marks the official launch of the mainnet, reinforcing its high-performance Layer 1 status. Somnia, backed by Improbable and MSquared, is EVM compatible, supports over 1 million TPS and sub-second finality, focusing on reshaping Web3 gaming, entertainment, and the metaverse.
Project Overview
Somnia, launched by VSF in 2024, addresses traditional blockchain pain points such as low speed and high fees, designed for real-time large-scale applications. Innovative single-core optimization, IceDB database, multi-stream consensus, and data compression have led to the testnet processing over 2 billion transactions, with 60+ validators and 70 projects participating, achieving a TPS of 1.05 million and latency only 70-100ns. The total supply of SOMI tokens is 1 billion, used for gas, staking, and governance, with 50% of gas fees burned to promote deflation. A 270 million ecological fund supports developers and hackathons to drive mainstream adoption.
Market Dynamics
9/2 Binance launched, circulating 16.02%, price surged 100% to $1.84 ATH, currently $1.33 (24h +34%), market cap $212 million. X community optimistic, undervalued potential, forecast $5 in December. Korea Blockchain Week celebrates mainnet, $10 million funding + 24 hackathons, focusing on gaming/DeFi/NFT.
Outlook
This airdrop is like an ecological rocket, transforming Web2 games to Web3, exploding AAA games and SocialFi. Google Cloud partners +1M TPS, Somnia may become the cornerstone of the Metaverse. Risks are in unlocking, looking long-term at strong tech communities. Join quickly, the on-chain era is coming!
