Luganodes x Somnia: Validating the Future of On-Chain Scale

Update: Luganodes is now live on Somnia Mainnet and is open to delegations. Stake now - Somnia Staking Dashboard .

Introduction

Somnia is a high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed to unlock the next generation of mass-consumer, real-time applications. Capable of processing over 1,000,000 transactions per second (TPS) with sub-second finality, Somnia provides the scale required for games, social platforms, metaverses, and other applications to run entirely on-chain.

By achieving record benchmarks — from 1,050,000 TPS on ERC-20 transfers, 50,000 swaps per second on Uniswap V3, and 300,000 NFT mints per second — Somnia proves its ability to support web2-scale user experiences with web3 properties.

Backed by Improbable and MSquared, Somnia is on a mission to create a more open, equitable internet through composability, accessibility, and fully on-chain experiences.

Why Somnia Matters

Somnia addresses one of the most pressing challenges in web3: while decentralized finance has matured, mass-consumer applications remain constrained by the limitations of current blockchains. By rethinking performance at the execution, consensus, storage, and bandwidth layers, Somnia achieves a leap in throughput without sacrificing EVM compatibility.

Key innovations include:

• MultiStream consensus – A proof-of-stake, partially synchronous BFT protocol inspired by Autobahn BFT.

• Independent Data Chains – Each validator runs its own chain for independent block production, removing bottlenecks.

• Consensus Chain – Aggregates validator data chain heads using PBFT-inspired consensus.

• Compiled Bytecode & IceDB – Optimized execution and predictable read/write performance at nanosecond speeds.

• Advanced Compression – BLS signature aggregation and streaming compression for massive throughput.

Together, these innovations enable web2-level scale with web3-level trust and composability — powering a new era of gaming, social applications, and virtual worlds.

Luganodes x Somnia

As one of the industry’s leading institutional-grade validators, Luganodes is proud to join Somnia mainnet as a validator. Our infrastructure will play a role in securing the network and supporting Somnia’s vision of enabling real-time, large-scale consumer applications that go beyond DeFi.

Somnia’s validator ecosystem is designed to be both scalable and accessible, allowing validators to stake and secure the network while enabling token holders to participate through delegated staking. With 50% of all gas fees distributed as staking rewards, validators and delegators alike are incentivized to maintain robust participation.

At Luganodes, we bring deep expertise in running high-performance infrastructure across Ethereum, EigenLayer AVSs, and multiple L1/L2 networks — now extending this support to Somnia as it scales to meet unprecedented demand for web3-powered consumer applications.

Conclusion

By joining Somnia as a validator, Luganodes continues its commitment to supporting the most innovative blockchain ecosystems. With its unmatched scalability and focus on real-time, on-chain applications, Somnia represents an important step toward realizing an open, interoperable, and equitable web.

As validators, we’re proud to contribute infrastructure that will help Somnia and its builders push the boundaries of what’s possible on-chain.

About Luganodes

Luganodes is a world-class, Swiss-operated, non-custodial blockchain infrastructure provider that has rapidly gained recognition in the industry for offering institutional-grade services. It was born out of the Lugano Plan B Program, an initiative driven by Tether and the City of Lugano. Luganodes maintains an exceptional 99.9% uptime with round-the-clock monitoring by SRE experts. With support for 45+ PoS networks, it ranks among the top validators on Polygon, Polkadot, Sui, and Tron. Luganodes prioritizes security and compliance, holding the distinction of being one of the first staking providers to adhere to all SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and ISO 27001 standards as well as offering Chainproof insurance to institutional clients.

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