MegaETH, a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 network, will open its mainnet for a global stress test on Thursday before its public rollout.
According to its announcement on X, the team aims to process 11 billion transactions over seven days, with a sustained throughput of 15,000 to 35,000 transactions per second.
The test will feature latency-sensitive applications under sustained load. During the test, users will interact with gaming applications, including Stomp.gg, Smasher.fun, and Crossy Fluffle. On the backend, the team will execute a mix of ETH transfers and v3 automated market maker swaps through DEX Kumbaya.xyz until the transaction count hits 11 billion.
“In the end, MegaETH will have the largest tx count in history across all EVM chains while users frictionlessly play with the chain,” the team added. “Stress tests only matter if they’re uncomfortable … If things break, they’ll be surfaced and fixed.”
Shortly after the stress test, MegaETH plans to launch its public mainnet with day-one applications in DeFi and consumer apps that are powered by its native stablecoin USDm.
MegaETH describes itself as a real-time, Ethereum-secured Layer 2 built to support low-latency, high-throughput applications — a design that relies on stable, predictable sequencer costs, which USDm is intended to help achieve.
Founded in 2022, MegaETH raised $20 million in seed funding from investors including Dragonfly Capital, Vitalik Buterin, and Joseph Lubin.
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