Solana: I Would Call It "The Brightest Star in the 2024 Web3 Night Sky"

After the rebirth following the FTX collapse, $SOL has surged over 200% in the past year, breaking new price highs, and the ecosystem is thriving again: projects like Pump.Fun, Jupiter, and SAGA mobile are flourishing. The current TVL has reached $9.4 billion, close to the peak levels of 2021, while its DApp protocols have generated over $500 million in revenue throughout the year, showcasing strong recovery and growth potential.

With Pump.FUN and Jupiter creating wealth effects, another potential giant has emerged on Solana—Sonic SVM. Backed by TikTok's 1.6 billion user traffic pool and focusing on high-performance gaming chains, it’s a hardcore product that kicks off 2025 with a bang. I believe this is currently the most attractive narrative in Web3, and the hundredfold opportunities for 2025 have already appeared.

## What is Sonic SVM? Why does Solana, as a high-performance public chain, need Sonic SVM?

Sonic SVM is the first SVM built on Solana, positioned as a specific scaling solution aimed at high-frequency applications like gaming. This means developers can build large and high-frequency interactive ecosystems through Sonic SVM in a secure and fast operating environment, such as GameFi, short videos, NFT interactions, and more. As the TGE deadline for $SONIC approaches, the FOMO sentiment around $Sonic is rising.

Many people position Sonic SVM as a Layer 2 for Solana. While I think this understanding is not incorrect, Sonic should be defined as an independent operating chain built on Solana's moat, specifically for the Web3 entertainment ecosystem. In simpler terms: Volkswagen Group = Solana (brand), Porsche under Volkswagen (focused on performance and racing) = Sonic SVM (focused on Web3 entertainment ecosystem). Although Sonic SVM is defined by most as a high-performance gaming chain, I believe it is not limited to gaming but encompasses all large-scale entertainment chain facilities that require massive data, high-frequency interactions, and efficiency.

Although the actual TPS of the Solana main chain is around 2,500-4,000 transactions per second, it experiences lag and delays when handling a large number of high-frequency transactions (for example, exceeding 4,000 TPS load), affecting user experience. Especially under the MEME craze of the Pump.FUN ecosystem, a large number of transactions are crowding the blocks. Currently, on-chain data statistics show that the transaction failure rate on Solana reached 75% in April 2024. It’s important to note that Solana is known for its high-performance chain and was once a habitat for some NFT and GameFi ecosystems, positioning itself for high efficiency to support a large ecosystem. Predictions: Solana wallet accounts will reach 50 million by 2027; by 2026, the daily transaction volume is expected to far exceed 4 billion transactions;

Clearly, the current Solana main chain struggles to meet the long-term efficiency demands, so Sonic SVM is an inevitable product!

## Uncovering Sonic SVM: Why Does It Have the Ambition to Claim a Place in the Web3 Market and Become a $10 Billion Project with a Hundredfold Increase by 2025?

### 1. Team Background

The founder of Sonic SVM, Chris Zhu, is the founder and CEO of Mirror World and was previously a product manager at ByteDance (TikTok). He has profound operational experience in the Web3 entertainment industry and application development capabilities. Sonic SVM is a genetic product of the Mirror World team. Despite suffering varying degrees of losses due to the FTX collapse, they successfully found a breakthrough and developed Sonic SVM, proving once again that this is a professional team that has transformed through the ups and downs of the Web3 market.

Chris candidly stated: The team insists on moving against the wind in the Web3 gaming track, and seeing fewer and fewer peers survive has instead become the motivation for Chris's team to continue forward.

### 2. Strong Resource Partners and Financial Strength

Sonic SVM has received endorsements and technical support from Solana ecosystem leaders Lily Liu and BigBrainHoldings. Solana's official media has also mentioned Sonic multiple times, undoubtedly establishing a "moat" of on-chain resources, making it a "relative" of Solana. Additionally, in the seed and Series A funding rounds, Sonic raised a total of $16 million, led by Bitkraft, with participation from Galaxy Interactive, Big Brain Holdings, Matt Sorg (Solana founding team), Nom (Bonk), and other institutions and individuals. This further solidifies the foundation for long-term development.

### 3. Unique Boost from TikTok, the Global Self-Media King with 1.6 Billion Natural Users

It must be said that Sonic SVM is very clever; its user base and business positioning are extremely clear. TikTok currently has 1.6 billion users worldwide, and the fastest way to gain traffic is undoubtedly to directly parasitically integrate with social media to enter the revenue mechanism.

Sonic SVM deeply binds with TikTok users through SonicX and spreads various no-threshold games via high-traffic influencers. After interacting, TikTok users connect through a chain abstract wallet to their own SVM public chain, ultimately converting back to an increase in Solana public chain users. These interacting users can also receive airdrops of various gaming tokens from SonicX.

Sonic SVM undoubtedly achieves a "four-in-one" effect for ecosystem developers' needs, user experience needs, user profit needs, and capital needs: ecosystem developers gain traffic; user experience is efficient; users receive airdrops; and Solana gains user growth. This is Sonic's win-win effect.

Currently, Sonic has successfully attracted over 2 million active addresses and 2.1 million monthly active users for mini-games through airdrop activities.

### 4. Self-Developed HyperGrid Architecture Meets the Infinite Expansion and High-Frequency Interaction of the SOL Ecosystem

The core features of HyperGrid are:

1. Supports complex customization and infinite expansion: very suitable for the specific scene needs of large games and other entertainment facilities.
2. Built-in game engine: removes many development barriers, making it easier for developers to implement program building.
3. Supports seamless deployment of dApps from EVM to SVM: achieving 100% interoperability for ecosystem communication and services.

I believe that the design goal of HyperGrid is not only to enhance performance but also to solve the isolation problem existing in the current public chain ecosystem. Through its cross-chain compatibility and high-performance architecture, Sonic is driving the Solana ecosystem to become a more open, inclusive, and convenient Web3 world.

## Is the $Sonic Token Economy Healthy? Can We Continue to Pay Attention?

$SONIC Tokenomics:

Total Supply: 2,400,000,000

Initial Circulation: 15%

Distribution is as follows:

• 30% Ecosystem and Community
• 7% Initial Claims
• 20% Sonic HyperGrid Rewards
• 20% Foundation
• 8% Early Supporters
• 15% Investors

From the overall distribution, $SONIC has indeed reserved shares for financiers, early investors, and the foundation, as it is a project that has received funding. This portion adds up to 43%, while the larger share is held by the community at 57%.

Moreover, the $Sonic emission period is 6 years. The official statement indicates that no tokens for the team or investors will be unlocked in the first 12 to 18 months after launch, and locked tokens cannot be staked. In other words, from the moment $Sonic is issued, there will be no risk of capital or team cashing out causing a pullback for the next year to a year and a half. Furthermore, there may be more purchasing power in the market to drive up the price of $Sonic. The overall emission period of 6 years also further adapts to a healthy emission mechanism, preventing the community, capital, and team from large-scale cashing out behaviors due to interests. If $Sonic does not experience a consensus collapse, combined with excellent ecosystem construction, the future appreciation potential remains optimistic.

## Conclusion:

The development path of $Sonic is similar to that of $TON, but not entirely the same. The entry point for $TON is Telegram, while the entry point for $Sonic is TikTok. The user base and commercial value of TikTok far exceed that of Telegram, and the technical aspect of Sonic is designed to support a larger ecosystem. The positioning of the two is quite different; $TON is more about C-end personal use, while $Sonic is a combination of C-end personal and B-end development.

Although $Sonic currently has a very attractive Web3 narrative and strong resources, we still need to view the future rationally. After all, Web3 is ever-changing; some people can ruin a good hand of cards, while others can rise to the top from desperate situations. I hope to see leading protocols or ecosystems built on Sonic SVM emerge and be widely applied soon. Currently, Sonic appears to be in the practical stage of user traffic development, and overall it seems quite thin. I look forward to Sonic bringing us surprises in 2025.