{"id":79377,"date":"2024-05-23T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=79377"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T22:01:14","slug":"fantom-launches-sonic-foundation-to-oversee-sonic-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/fantom-launches-sonic-foundation-to-oversee-sonic-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantom Launches Sonic Foundation to Oversee Sonic Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/fantom-foundation-secures-default-judgment-against-multichain-foundation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fantom Foundation<\/a> declared the formation of the Sonic Foundation to facilitate the introduction and overseeing of its forthcoming Sonic chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54.png\" alt=\"Fantom Launches Sonic Foundation to Oversee Sonic Chain\" class=\"wp-image-61860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54.png 979w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-54-750x420.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the blockchain network's blog on May 23, Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong announced the establishment of the new foundation. Kong composed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cOur team is steadfast in exploring how the Sonic chain can impact and elevate a number of different DeFi and real-world use cases. Industries and applications such as real-world assets, perpetual DEXs, payments, trading, and high-transaction-based games, can be transformed by the speed and high throughput of Sonic.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The responsibility of developing the DApp ecosystem, supervising Sonic's governance, and administering the network treasury will fall under the purview of Fantom's Sonic Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per Kong and the Fantom development team, Sonic will comprise an integrated layer two that directly connects the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/qanplatform-debuts-first-quantum-resistant-evm-compatible-testnet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EVM-compatible network<\/a> to the Ethereum network and a novel layer-1 solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users of the forthcoming Sonic network will reportedly have access to Ethereum's immense ecosystem of decentralized applications, liquidity providers, and community via the Sonic Chain's architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2019, Fantom presents a distinctive consensus model, Lachesis, which diverges from conventional blockchain networks by incorporating asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerance (aBFT) and directed acyclic graphs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-62.png\" alt=\"A visual demonstrating the difference between a traditional blockchain and a directed acyclic graph. Source: Central Blockchain Council of America and Fantom Foundation.\" class=\"wp-image-79379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-62.png 930w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-62-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-62-768x253.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-62-750x247.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to Bitcoin and Ethereum, validators on the Fantom network are not obligated to validate the most recent block. Instead, they are tasked with independently validating blocks and transactions called &#8220;event blocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To obtain consensus without requiring blocks to be sequentially validated and ordered, these event blocks are subsequently broadcast to other nodes in a non-linear path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once most nodes reach a consensus regarding the contents of the event block, it becomes a root event block on Fantom's primary chain. 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Fantom's primary chain is an actual blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Fantom Foundation, this asynchronous communication between nodes enables Fantom to complete blocks in one to two seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fantom Foundation declared the formation of the Sonic Foundation to facilitate the introduction and overseeing of its forthcoming Sonic chain. On the blockchain network&#8217;s blog on May 23, Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong announced the establishment of the new foundation. 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