Venom Protocol Achieves 150,000 TPS in Stress Test

The Venom Foundation has successfully completed a closed-network stress test of its next-generation protocol, demonstrating an impressive capability of handling 150,000 transactions per second (TPS) with all transfers finalized in under three seconds. This significant achievement is set to pave the way for the protocol's mainnet upgrade, scheduled for the third quarter of 2025. The upgrade aims to position Venom as one of the most efficient public blockchains in terms of throughput.

Christopher Louis, the Chief Executive Officer at Venom, emphasized the importance of throughput reliability under pressure. He stated that the new protocol stack can manage enterprise-scale workloads without causing fee spikes or compromising decentralization, making it an ideal solution for payment providers, exchanges, and game studios.

The new protocol introduces several key features that enhance its performance and security. These include a DAG-based mempool consensus that allows for over 400,000 TPS in synthetic benchmarks while maintaining real-time finality. The distributed sorting layer converts the DAG into a single linear order, preventing front-running and other MEV exploits. Additionally, the TVM actor model shards accounts and processes calls asynchronously, enabling high-volume DeFi and microtransactions. The protocol also ensures deterministic security, where validators generate identical outputs, making forks virtually impossible. Furthermore, asynchronous block distribution keeps bandwidth costs low for operators and cloud partners.

The path to production for the Venom Foundation includes several key milestones. The testnet phase, scheduled for the second quarter of 2025, will focus on security audits, ecosystem tooling, and third-party audits. The mainnet migration, planned for the third quarter of 2025, will involve an in-place hard fork. Following this, the fourth quarter of 2025 will see ecosystem expansion with the introduction of cross-chain bridges and feature-complete SDKs.

To ensure transparency, all raw data, node configurations, and test scripts will be published to Venom’s public GitHub repository ahead of the testnet launch. Independent auditors are currently reviewing both the security and performance aspects of the upgrade, further solidifying the foundation's commitment to reliability and efficiency.