FIVE Edges of Sonic $S Sonic is not just another fast chain. Its architecture redefines FIVE key frontiers in blockchain design: 1️⃣ Consensus 2️⃣ Database 3️⃣ Virtual Machine 4️⃣ Cross-chain Bridge 5️⃣ Economic Model This pentagon shows how speed, security, scalability & sustainable economics can unite in one Layer-1.
1️⃣ SonicCS; Event-driven consensus, proven safety, and simplified elections 🔹Problem it solves: Breaking free from “block-centrism” and synchronization locks; achieving finality through event paths (DAG) with asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerance. 🔹Why it is an edge: •Sonic implements a DAG-based aBFT where validators place transactions into “event blocks” and broadcast them asynchronously; consensus is not dependent on synchronous block rounds. Safety is guaranteed under classical aBFT assumptions—i.e., with <1/3 faulty nodes. •In the layering process (Witness → Famous → Clotho → Atropos), finalization occurs once Atropos is reached, transaction order is extracted from the DAG, and then passed to the EVM for execution, consensus is “event-driven,” and the block is merely an execution output, not the unit of consensus. •SonicCS 2.0 introduces “vectorized voting” and “overlapping elections,” where a single event can carry votes for multiple candidates simultaneously; documented result: ~2× faster finality and ~68% lower memory usage. •The research team has published a formal verification library for DAGs using TLA+, making the safety of DAG protocols provable; this serves as the foundation of Sonic’s consensus safety proofs. 🔹Edge summary: Elimination of block/synchronization bottlenecks, safe under aBFT assumptions (<1/3 faulty nodes), and significantly reduced latency and memory with SonicCS 2.0.
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@zphlvv @0xDeFive @defiveintern @SonicLabs Absolutely, tackling all five edges makes Sonic a full-stack Layer-1.
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