With 10B+ testnet transactions already processed, Somnia is now building the infrastructure and community for the immersive internet.

Welcome to edition three of BACKED | by Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ.

Looking back at August, our spotlight was on Somnia, a high-performance layer-one blockchain built for real-time, high-volume activity. As engagement shifts and growth slows across the global games industry, many Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ platforms struggle to meet the speed and scale demands of modern applications. Consumer expectations are evolving toward richer, more interactive experiences, but the infrastructure for large-scale virtual worlds and open digital economies remains a bottleneck.

Somnia’s approach provides core infrastructure capable of supporting millions of concurrent users, complex in-world economies, and a new generation of microgames designed for more accessible engagement.

Featuring Somnia is about more than technical milestones, it’s about what this capability makes possible: worlds that feel alive because apps can respond instantly to on-chain events, and economies that grow because they can sustain real usage at speed.

This edition’s updates share a common thread: those building the foundations others will build on. We also spotlight momentum from the ecosystem, including Kallikor’s Gartner® recognition, MSquared’s first public experience built with the Otherside Development Kit, and Somnia’s launch of an incubator.

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