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Is it possible to scale to millions of TPS with 80ms finality on a decentralized network? Most people would say no. The physics don't work. The latency alone makes it impossible. Yesterday's Supernova demo proved them wrong. And here's the part nobody's talking about yet. ⬇️ ——— MultiversX's Supernova upgrade just had its first live demo yesterday and hit numbers that even surprised the team. With a goal of taking block time from 6s down to 600ms with instant finality, they showed that 600ms is just the starting point. Reaching 400ms and even 200ms is very possible. But wait, I thought you said 80ms? Let me break down what this means. ——— With the full release of Supernova dropping in the next couple months, MultiversX's block time will be lowered to 600ms. Currently 6 seconds. Soon 600 milliseconds. That means a new block with transactions will be formed and finalized every 600ms. Those transactions are truly final too. Since the last update, Andromeda, MultiversX released single slot finality. No more waiting for confirmations like is required for most blockchains. Confirmations? Huh? Ok let's take a step back. ——— When you submit a transaction, it is seen and confirmed by a group of validators. In order for a chain to fully verify and confirm a tx is legit, it often takes multiple rounds or blocks. Here's how MultiversX compares to many major L1: 📊 Ethereum Block time: ~12s Finality: 13 minutes (64 confirmations) ⚡ Solana Block time: ~400ms Finality: ~13 seconds (32 confirmations) 🔷 Cardano Block time: ~20s Finality: 1-2 minutes 🔴 Polkadot Block time: ~6s Finality: ~30 seconds 🟢 Algorand (one of the few with instant finality) Block time: ~2.8s Finality: Instant, no confirmations ⭕ Tron Block time: ~3s Finality: ~1 minute (19-20 confirmations) ⚫ MultiversX (with Supernova) Block time: 600ms → 200ms possible Finality: Instant, same shard Cross-shard: ~1.5s average ——— See the problem? Everyone else is measuring finality in seconds or minutes. MultiversX is measuring in milliseconds. And they're not even pushing the limits yet. ——— But that's not even the really impressive part. Currently we are witnessing over 500ms of idle time on each block. But what does that mean? When a round begins, a leader is selected with VRF (provable randomness), leader bundles the txs, 2/3rd +1 of validators sign, and the block is now irreversible, aka final. This is taking on average 82ms right now: ⏱️ 1-5ms → Leader Selection ⏱️ 10-40ms → Voting ⏱️ 10-40ms → Signature aggregation Total: ~82ms to FULL finality That leaves 500ms+ of idle time. Translation? The network can go even faster. ——— Let's touch on a few things here. First, the signature aggregation and broadcast is where some magic happens. Any honest node can aggregate signatures, verify >2/3 voting, and submit. The Andromeda release introduced ECP which allows any validator to finalize the block, NOT just the selected leader. This removes single leader failure which is far bigger than most realize. Read more here: x.com/DBCrypt0/status/191791… Second, with Supernova, execution now happens in parallel across nodes POST-FINALITY. This is where typical network latency comes into play which currently is around 120ms for global distribution. ——— So what's the big takeaway here? The team set a goal of reducing block time from 6 seconds to 600ms and far outperformed even their own expectations. MultiversX will soon see block times of 400ms or even as low as 200ms. That is on top of instant finality so we are talking fully final intra-shard txs of possibly 200ms and cross-shard of ~500ms. All on top of the first fully sharded chain that is capable of scaling to millions of TPS on minimal hardware, not server-grade machines. A Samsung smartphone is currently validating blocks on the network to give you an idea of what's possible. No other network can come close to touching that that I am aware of. This is what is needed for a truly decentralized and scalable global network. This is MultiversX.

Is it possible to scale to millions of TPS with 80ms finality on a decentralized network? Most people would say no. The physics don't work. The latency alone makes it impossible. Yesterday's Supernova demo proved them wrong. And here's the part nobody's talking about yet. ⬇️ ——— MultiversX's Supernova upgrade just had its first live demo yesterday and hit numbers that even surprised the team. With a goal of taking block time from 6s down to 600ms with instant finality, they showed that 600ms is just the starting point. Reaching 400ms and even 200ms is very possible. But wait, I thought you said 80ms? Let me break down what this means. ——— With the full release of Supernova dropping in the next couple months, MultiversX's block time will be lowered to 600ms. Currently 6 seconds. Soon 600 milliseconds. That means a new block with transactions will be formed and finalized every 600ms. Those transactions are truly final too. Since the last update, Andromeda, MultiversX released single slot finality. No more waiting for confirmations like is required for most blockchains. Confirmations? Huh? Ok let's take a step back. ——— When you submit a transaction, it is seen and confirmed by a group of validators. In order for a chain to fully verify and confirm a tx is legit, it often takes multiple rounds or blocks. Here's how MultiversX compares to many major L1: 📊 Ethereum Block time: ~12s Finality: 13 minutes (64 confirmations) ⚡ Solana Block time: ~400ms Finality: ~13 seconds (32 confirmations) 🔷 Cardano Block time: ~20s Finality: 1-2 minutes 🔴 Polkadot Block time: ~6s Finality: ~30 seconds 🟢 Algorand (one of the few with instant finality) Block time: ~2.8s Finality: Instant, no confirmations ⭕ Tron Block time: ~3s Finality: ~1 minute (19-20 confirmations) ⚫ MultiversX (with Supernova) Block time: 600ms → 200ms possible Finality: Instant, same shard Cross-shard: ~1.5s average ——— See the problem? Everyone else is measuring finality in seconds or minutes. MultiversX is measuring in milliseconds. And they're not even pushing the limits yet. ——— But that's not even the really impressive part. Currently we are witnessing over 500ms of idle time on each block. But what does that mean? When a round begins, a leader is selected with VRF (provable randomness), leader bundles the txs, 2/3rd +1 of validators sign, and the block is now irreversible, aka final. This is taking on average 82ms right now: ⏱️ 1-5ms → Leader Selection ⏱️ 10-40ms → Voting ⏱️ 10-40ms → Signature aggregation Total: ~82ms to FULL finality That leaves 500ms+ of idle time. Translation? The network can go even faster. ——— Let's touch on a few things here. First, the signature aggregation and broadcast is where some magic happens. Any honest node can aggregate signatures, verify >2/3 voting, and submit. The Andromeda release introduced ECP which allows any validator to finalize the block, NOT just the selected leader. This removes single leader failure which is far bigger than most realize. Read more here: x.com/DBCrypt0/status/191791… Second, with Supernova, execution now happens in parallel across nodes POST-FINALITY. This is where typical network latency comes into play which currently is around 120ms for global distribution. ——— So what's the big takeaway here? The team set a goal of reducing block time from 6 seconds to 600ms and far outperformed even their own expectations. MultiversX will soon see block times of 400ms or even as low as 200ms. That is on top of instant finality so we are talking fully final intra-shard txs of possibly 200ms and cross-shard of ~500ms. All on top of the first fully sharded chain that is capable of scaling to millions of TPS on minimal hardware, not server-grade machines. A Samsung smartphone is currently validating blocks on the network to give you an idea of what's possible. No other network can come close to touching that that I am aware of. This is what is needed for a truly decentralized and scalable global network. This is MultiversX.

Is it possible to scale to millions of TPS with 80ms finality on a decentralized network? Most people would say no. The physics don't work. The latency alone makes it impossible. Yesterday's Supernova demo proved them wrong. And here's the part nobody's talking about yet. ⬇️ ——— MultiversX's Supernova upgrade just had its first live demo yesterday and hit numbers that even surprised the team. With a goal of taking block time from 6s down to 600ms with instant finality, they showed that 600ms is just the starting point. Reaching 400ms and even 200ms is very possible. But wait, I thought you said 80ms? Let me break down what this means. ——— With the full release of Supernova dropping in the next couple months, MultiversX's block time will be lowered to 600ms. Currently 6 seconds. Soon 600 milliseconds. That means a new block with transactions will be formed and finalized every 600ms. Those transactions are truly final too. Since the last update, Andromeda, MultiversX released single slot finality. No more waiting for confirmations like is required for most blockchains. Confirmations? Huh? Ok let's take a step back. ——— When you submit a transaction, it is seen and confirmed by a group of validators. In order for a chain to fully verify and confirm a tx is legit, it often takes multiple rounds or blocks. Here's how MultiversX compares to many major L1: 📊 Ethereum Block time: ~12s Finality: 13 minutes (64 confirmations) ⚡ Solana Block time: ~400ms Finality: ~13 seconds (32 confirmations) 🔷 Cardano Block time: ~20s Finality: 1-2 minutes 🔴 Polkadot Block time: ~6s Finality: ~30 seconds 🟢 Algorand (one of the few with instant finality) Block time: ~2.8s Finality: Instant, no confirmations ⭕ Tron Block time: ~3s Finality: ~1 minute (19-20 confirmations) ⚫ MultiversX (with Supernova) Block time: 600ms → 200ms possible Finality: Instant, same shard Cross-shard: ~1.5s average ——— See the problem? Everyone else is measuring finality in seconds or minutes. MultiversX is measuring in milliseconds. And they're not even pushing the limits yet. ——— But that's not even the really impressive part. Currently we are witnessing over 500ms of idle time on each block. But what does that mean? When a round begins, a leader is selected with VRF (provable randomness), leader bundles the txs, 2/3rd +1 of validators sign, and the block is now irreversible, aka final. This is taking on average 82ms right now: ⏱️ 1-5ms → Leader Selection ⏱️ 10-40ms → Voting ⏱️ 10-40ms → Signature aggregation Total: ~82ms to FULL finality That leaves 500ms+ of idle time. Translation? The network can go even faster. ——— Let's touch on a few things here. First, the signature aggregation and broadcast is where some magic happens. Any honest node can aggregate signatures, verify >2/3 voting, and submit. The Andromeda release introduced ECP which allows any validator to finalize the block, NOT just the selected leader. This removes single leader failure which is far bigger than most realize. Read more here: x.com/DBCrypt0/status/191791… Second, with Supernova, execution now happens in parallel across nodes POST-FINALITY. This is where typical network latency comes into play which currently is around 120ms for global distribution. ——— So what's the big takeaway here? The team set a goal of reducing block time from 6 seconds to 600ms and far outperformed even their own expectations. MultiversX will soon see block times of 400ms or even as low as 200ms. That is on top of instant finality so we are talking fully final intra-shard txs of possibly 200ms and cross-shard of ~500ms. All on top of the first fully sharded chain that is capable of scaling to millions of TPS on minimal hardware, not server-grade machines. A Samsung smartphone is currently validating blocks on the network to give you an idea of what's possible. No other network can come close to touching that that I am aware of. This is what is needed for a truly decentralized and scalable global network. This is MultiversX.

“Sell everything. Walk away. Declare it dead.” That’s the easy take. Building is harder. That’s usually how it sounds right before something important happens. While the noise is loud, the protocol engineering team just pushed a real breakthrough: ~80ms block finality, running full sharding, live. That’s an order-of-magnitude improvement in speed, at internet scale, without compromising decentralization. ----- Building something truly new in tech, from scratch, at this scale, is brutally hard. Building something that has never existed before means constantly rethinking fundamentals, technical and operational. Engineering is not the only place where iteration happens. Organizations must evolve too. As part of this evolution, we are restructuring parts of the organization. We are simplifying, refocusing, and increasing execution efficiency across the board. Fewer distractions. Clearer ownership. More energy where it compounds the most. This is about going deeper on what truly matters. That’s what real focus looks like. ----- None of this diminishes the value of the work done so far, quite the opposite. I want to express deep gratitude and respect to everyone who contributed, experimented, built, and pushed boundaries during this chapter. What exists today is only possible because of that effort. ----- The goal remains unchanged from day one: to build a protocol that redefines what is possible at internet scale. Markets move in cycles. Narratives come and go. But execution compounds. We will continue to redesign, refactor, and push forward, with renewed focus, and absolute commitment to finishing what we started. ----- If this feels uncomfortable, it’s because progress usually is. Adapt, adjust, and push harder. Lucian