Fantom Sonic, the latest breakthrough upgrade to Fantom that will scale the network to new heights

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«With a brand-new virtual machine, improved database storage, and optimized consensus, Sonic is anticipated to achieve 2,000+ transactions per second (TPS) at an average finality of one second while consuming a fraction of the storage used by its predecessor, Opera. The upgrade is the latest step in Fantom’s mission to improve its underlying platform without resorting to sharding or additional layers.»

https://fantom.foundation/blog/fantom-foundation-launches-testnet-for-fantom-sonic/

«The launch of Sonic comprises three main components that scale Fantom to new heights:

• A new virtual machine, the Fantom Virtual Machine (FVM), which increases our transaction throughput significantly while maintaining ultra-short finality.

• A new database storage, Carmen, which reduces storage requirements by up to 90%, providing greater cost efficiency for validators and accelerating the Foundation’s ability to deploy archive nodes from weeks to approximately 36 hours.

• An optimized Lachesis consensus mechanism, which brings a vastly improved transaction pool.

Fantom Sonic is in its testnet stage at the moment and will roll out as a mainnet to replace Fantom Opera in spring 2024.»