Somnia Mainnet launches Sept 2 with Sequence stack

Somnia Mainnet is officially live as of September 2, 2025!

Developers no longer need to compromise between speed, cost, and usability. Somnia delivers all three core functionalities from day one.

With industry-leading throughput, sub-second finality, and ultra-low fees, Somnia sets a new performance bar for web3. And with Sequence’s full-stack infrastructure powering its builder ecosystem, developers can launch scalable, engaging, and sustainable decentralized applications faster than ever.

Here’s what to expect from launch, and why Somnia is ready to become the new standard for building blockchain-powered apps👇

Somnia: The chain everyone’s talking about

Somnia is known for its exceptional technical performance and developer-friendly architecture.👀In early testing, Somnia gained massive traction with:

• 2B+ transactions processed in testnet
• 80M+ in a single day
• 1.05M TPS in devnet
• Sub-second confirmations at less than a cent

These metrics unlock real-world performance that developers can rely on. Somnia’s speed and responsiveness open the door for MMO-scale gaming, decentralized finance protocols, and stablecoin-powered economies that require real-time responsiveness, consistency, and economic reliability. Somnia’s playground of project use cases 👇

Gaming: Somnia supports the scale and composability that web3 games demand, enabling instant NFT transactions, integrated web3 wallets, and smooth gameplay without compromising decentralization. Game studios like Uprising Labs already prove how Somnia, together with Sequence, is driving adoption in blockchain gaming by offering seamless onboarding and retention tools.

Early game adopters also include titles like Maelstrom and Netherak Demons. Each project showcases how Somnia and Sequence enable real-time responsiveness, player ownership, and frictionless onboarding. Many of Somnia’s games are experimenting with fully onchain mechanics, real-time multiplayer, and composable game assets that showcase Somnia’s ability to support high-intensity gameplay and novel user experiences.

Validator-powered stability: Somnia’s validator network has been critical to maintaining consistent performance. Over 60 validators participated during the 6-month testnet, ensuring uptime and resilience during peak load testing. Many of these validators are now supporting mainnet, helping secure the network and laying the foundation for healthy decentralization.

DeFi: Beyond gaming, Somnia is engineered to support the next wave of crypto finance. Its native compatibility with smart contracts enables developers to deploy trading, lending, and liquidity protocols directly within gaming ecosystems or as standalone DeFi platforms.

Teams are already experimenting with high-frequency trading, lending, and liquidity apps on Somnia, use cases that demand the low latency Somnia can deliver.

Stablecoins: Stablecoins sit at the core of Somnia’s design, ensuring predictable, sustainable economies for both general applications and DeFi. Developers can design reward systems, marketplaces, and community incentives without volatility undermining growth.

By making it possible to design provably fair systems and reactive onchain features, Somnia opens the door for use cases like composable economies, dynamic marketplaces, real-time social apps, and so much more.

Why developers love building on Somnia

Somnia Builder homepage

Somnia Builder is an all-in-one development platform powered by Sequence that enables the rapid deployment of games, DeFi services, and other decentralized applications.

Seamless onboarding: Developers can integrate invisible, non-custodial wallets backed by account abstraction. Users enjoy hassle-free and familiar login methods via Google, Apple, Facebook, Epic, or as embedded wallets without browser extensions.

Wallet and transaction tools: From gas sponsorship and transaction batching to universal wallet integration and branded embedded experiences, Sequence ensures a smooth user journey and efficient development workflow.

Monetization and payments: Launch fully branded NFT collections, built-in marketplaces with enforced royalties, fiat payment options, token swaps, and primary sale flows, all from a single dashboard.

Cross-platform SDKs: With its comprehensive suite, Sequence supports Unity, Unreal, mobile, web, and backend SDKs (Go, TypeScript), making it easy to build for any platform or ecosystem.

Real-time infrastructure and insights: Sequence provides powerful indexers, analytics dashboards, node gateways, and APIs that deliver live user and economy data, helping developers optimize onboarding, retention, and monetization.

Developer resources and blueprints: Through Sequence Blueprints, developers can explore code samples and interactive demos that show everything from NFT minting to wallet integration, helping teams build faster with less guesswork.

Somnia Mainnet: A growing web3 ecosystem with familiar toolsOver 70 partners joined Somnia’s testnet, spanning gaming, AI, DeFi, and social applications. This growing network gives developers confidence that they’re building on a battle-tested foundation supported by major industry players. Key infrastructure partners like Sequence give Somnia developers access to production-grade tooling from day one and round-the-clock support. Enterprise partners like Fireblocks, Google Cloud, and BitGo provide institutional-grade security, scalability, and other support services.

By reaching over one million transactions per second, with sub-second finality and sub-cent fees, Somnia is on the path to eliminate the congestion and unpredictability that have previously held back large-scale onchain applications. The $SOMI token serves as the network's core utility and governance asset, powering transactions, staking, and rewards. Somnia is launching a unique continuous airdrop model, rewarding developers, creators, and users through quest-driven campaigns instead of a one-time distribution.

“Too often, builders have been forced to compromise between performance, cost, and usability. With Somnia, those trade-offs disappear. We’ve created an EVM chain capable of handling massive scale at lightning speed while remaining accessible for both developers and users. By integrating Sequence’s web3 stack, we’re empowering developers to design immersive worlds, sustainable economies, and seamless user experiences, all within an ecosystem that values stability and innovation. The launch of mainnet is just the beginning; our goal is to make Somnia the backbone for the next generation of web3 games, financial applications, and digital communities.” Paul Thomas, Founder at Somnia

"Sequence is proud to power the Somnia Mainnet launch with the Somnia Builder. By combining Somnia's high-performance blockchain with the Builder's wallets, real-time data, and 1-click payments, we are partnering to enable developers to bring financial and entertainment economies to life. Day one, the Somnia Mainnet is equipped with enterprise developer tools for all verticals to scale the ecosystem."
Sam Barberie, Head of Strategy and Partnerships at Sequence

Somnia Mainnet goes live on September 2nd with a bang!

The Somnia Mainnet launch is just the beginning of a high-impact rollout.🤔So, what’s next for developers? To celebrate, Sequence and Somnia will soon launch a collaborative quest campaign (👀launch date to be announced on socials in the coming weeks), offering exclusive rewards for developers and crypto enthusiasts who explore Somnia Builder and start building on Somnia. Inspired by previous Sequence quest activations, the campaign will offer rewards that encourage developers and users to explore the Somnia Builder ecosystem.

Whether you're launching a DeFi project, marketplace, or social app, Somnia’s mainnet launch marks the beginning of a new era: composable, creator-powered applications running at internet scale.

We’ll also be hosting an AMA-style walkthrough demo of Somnia Builder. Stay tuned on our socials for the announcement of dates and how to join. The only question that remains… Somniacs, are you ready to build? Start on easy mode with Somnia Builder:

👉 Start building instantly with Somnia Builder powered by Sequence. Set up your free account and launch your first project in seconds.

👉 Dive into the Sequence docs to explore smart contract templates, wallet integration guides, and tutorials for deploying your app or experience.

👉 Need a hand? Reach out anytime. Our team is ready to help you move faster and ship confidently.