Blockchain protocols

Discover key facts and figures about major blockchain protocols that are empowering transformations across industries.

Sonic is the highest-performing EVM L1, combining speed, incentives, and world-class infrastructure for DeFi. The chain provides 10,000 TPS and sub-second finality.

Explore the features

Consensus	A version of Proof-of-Stake with Directed Acyclic Graph and Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance.
Public / Private / Permissioned	Public
Smart contracts	Yes
Smart contract language(s) supported	Solidity, Vyper, Yul, Huff
Transaction privacy	No
Transaction visibility	All participants have access to all entries ever recorded.
Transaction ordering	All validating participants must reach a consensus over the order of all transactions that have taken place, irrespective of whether a participant has taken part in a particular transaction or not.

Industry use case

Token securitization, land registries, token-enabled marketplaces, standardized data, digital identity, certifications (e.g. academic, birth), notarization, DeFi, secure layer for rollups, etc.

Learn more