# Soneium Blockchain ## Built by Sony Block Solutions Labs **Soneium** is designed to bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3. Aiming to bring decentralized technologies into everyday life by providing a scalable, secure, and user-friendly infrastructure. *** ## Key Features of Soneium Mainnet * **Built on OP Stack**: Soneium utilizes the OP Stack from the Optimism Foundation, ensuring high throughput, low fees, and seamless compatibility with Ethereum's ecosystem. * **EVM Compatibility**: Fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing developers to deploy existing smart contracts and dApps with minimal modifications. * **Superchain Participation**: As part of the Optimism Superchain, Soneium contributes to a network of interconnected Layer-2 solutions, enhancing interoperability and scalability across the Ethereum ecosystem. * **Developer-Friendly Environment**: Offers comprehensive tools, documentation, and support to facilitate dApp development across various sectors, including gaming, finance, music, and entertainment. * **Backed by Sony:** Soneium is a public, Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs - a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Startale Labs. *** ## Ecosystem Growth (as of May 2025) Since its inception, Soneium has demonstrated significant growth: * **Total Addresses**: Over **6.4 million** unique wallet addresses have been created on the Soneium mainnet, indicating significant user engagement. * **Total Transactions**: The network has processed more than **130 million** transactions, showcasing its scalability and reliability. * **Average Block Time**: Approximately **2 seconds**, facilitating swift transaction confirmations. * **Diverse Applications**: A wide array of applications, including games, NFT platforms, and financial services, have been developed and deployed on Soneium. *** ## Realize the Open Internet that Transcends Boundaries On Soneium, everyone is a creator, no matter where you are or what you do. The dream of an open internet that transcends cultural differences and brings together people with diverse values. Here, innovation overcomes social, economic, and regional constraints, allowing every idea to flourish. With our community, Soneium aims to go mainstream with this public blockchain, empowering individuals and communities to collaborate, create, and fill the world with emotion together. By integrating cutting-edge blockchain technology with user-centric design, Soneium stands at the forefront of the Web3 revolution, fostering a decentralized ecosystem where innovation and creativity thrive. ### ARKADA’s Role in the Soneium Ecosystem A significant contribution to the Soneium ecosystem has been made by **ARKADA**, which has been recognized as one of its earliest and most active participants. Over **1,000 gamified campaigns** have been launched and managed through ARKADA’s infrastructure. In addition to campaign delivery, ARKADA has been used as an **aggregation layer for the ecosystem**, where protocols, dApps, and users have been brought together in a **single, gamified environment**. As a result, onboarding has been simplified, collaboration between protocols has been supported, and alignment with Soneium’s broader vision has been strengthened. Through ARKADA’s tools, the utility, visibility, and cohesion of the Soneium ecosystem have been amplified - enabling project goals to be aligned with user incentives in a data-driven, gamified, and scalable manner. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.arkada.gg/general/soneium-blockchain.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.