Sonic
Sonic (formerly Fantom) is a high-performance EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain that evolved from the original Fantom Opera network. Founded by Andre Cronje and Michael Kong, the platform rebranded to Sonic in late 2024, launching a new chain with significant performance improvements. Sonic uses an advanced DAG-based consensus mechanism called Lachesis that enables near-instant transaction finality. The upgrade introduced the Sonic Virtual Machine, which dramatically improves execution speed ...