Somnia is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain and omnichain protocol suite designed to unify metaverses, enabling seamless asset and data transfers across ecosystems. Launched in 2024 by the Virtual Society Foundation (backed by Improbable), it's EVM-compatible, supporting Ethereum tools with minimal tweaks. Key innovations include IceDB for efficient data handling, a data chain architecture for streaming compression, and EVM bytecode translation to native code, achieving over 1 million TPS on a single core with sub-second finality and sub-cent fees. It excels in gaming, DeFi, and real-time apps, backed by a $270M ecosystem fund $SOMI #Somnia_Networkand