Sonic, the first gaming Layer-2 (L2) infrastructure on Solana, has achieved two major milestones with its recent launch. Within a week of launching Sonic Testnet Odyssey, the platform reached over 100,000 unique wallets and processed 17 million transactions. This achievement highlights the potential of the Sonic Protocol, designed to enhance gaming on the Solana blockchain.
Sonic breakthrough
Sonic stands out as the first atomic Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) Layer-2 built for gaming. It provides several features to support game development and execution on Solana, such as customizable game tools, a sandbox environment, and flexible data types. With these features, Sonic aims to deliver fast on-chain video game experiences using Solana’s high processing speeds.
In fact, just 36 hours after the Sonic Testnet Odyssey, the protocol announced on X that it had already created more than 45,000 wallets and 3.2 million transactions. The subsequent increase to 100,000 wallets and 17 million transactions demonstrates the enormous interest and rapid adoption of Sonic’s L2 infrastructure.
Engagement and ecosystem integration
A significant portion of Sonic’s transactions come from user interactions with games integrated into the Odyssey campaign. These games, including JogojogoFomoney, Rage Effect and Lowlife Forms reward users for making transactions within the games, encouraging engagement and adoption.
Solana is known as a retail-friendly blockchain network due to its onboarding process and strong incentives from the memecoin wave. However, the gaming sector on Solana has yet to see the same levels of success seen in DeFi, NFTs and SocialFi. Sonic aims to bridge this gap by offering developers a way to quickly deploy high-speed SBM chains for GameFi projects and other initiatives on Solana.
Strategic initiatives and future perspectives
Sonic was developed by Mirror World Labs, a GameFi infrastructure company founded two years ago. The company has announced several growth initiatives including ecosystem grants and accelerator programs to accelerate developer adoption of the Sonic SVM and HyperGrid Framework. HyperGrid simplifies the deployment of game engines and virtual machines on Solana, enabling rapid creation of new SVM environments for gaming.
The wallet and transaction milestones follow Sonic’s $12 million Series A funding round, led by BITKRAFT and supported by Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings and others.
Additionally, Sonic has implemented its first major upgrade to the Sonic Testnet Odyssey, improving speed and stability to meet high demand. There have already been successful game launches, such as the tap-to-earn game Snake Lite.
Looking ahead, the Sonic team is preparing for a busy summer, including hosting the Solana Kick Off: Shenzhen event with RateX and participation in the Kyoto Web3 Gaming Summer event during #IVS2024 taking place next month.