1. IntroductionSomnia, a new EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, recently announced that it can achieve 1 million TPS with sub-second finality, tested on a network of 100 globally distributed nodes. While this high TPS was tested using ERC-20 transfers, it represents a significant breakthrough in blockchain scalability. To achieve this level of performance, Somnia introduces four key innovations that improve efficiency compared to traditional EVM chains:Autobahn-inspired BFT consensus – a seam...