Building for Billions: EVM L1 Blockchain Standard for Product Tracking
Executive Summary
Most blockchains chase speed or decentralization. DeviceStamp needs both — and global openness.
Here’s why Sonic’s Layer-1 chain hits the balance of trust, speed, and compatibility required to verify billions of physical devices on an EVM-compatible chain.
1. The Infrastructure Shift
When blockchain moves from finance to the physical world, the base layer becomes the trust layer.
Every verified product — phone, laptop, smartwatch — depends on it to prove where it came from and what’s been done to it.
That’s not marketing; it’s infrastructure economics. A few seconds of delay or some cents of excess cost, multiplied by billions of records, breaks scalability.
2. The Benchmark Table
Layer-1 Capability Matrix
| Capability / Metric | Ethereum | Avalanche | Solana | Sonic (Recommended Base) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus | ✅ Proof-of-Stake (PoS) – via Gasper (Casper FFG + LMD GHOST) | ✅ Proof-of-Stake + Snowman consensus (leader-based DAG optimized for finality) | ✅ Proof-of-Stake + Proof-of-History (PoH) hybrid (PoH for sequencing, PoS for validation) | ✅ Proof-of-Stake (PoS) – L1 based consensus (Sonic Engine, Ethereum-compatible, EVM PoS) |
| Theoretical TPS | ⚙️ 119.1 | ⚙️ 1,191 | ✅ 65,000 | ✅ 396,825 |
| Finality Speed | ❌ > 12 min | ✅ ~ 2 s | ⚙️ > 12 s | ✅ < 1 s |
| Transaction Fee | ❌ Very High | ⚙️ Low | ✅ Very Low | ✅ Very Low |
| EVM Compatibility | ✅ Native | ✅ Native | ❌ Custom runtime | ✅ Full EVM native |
| Layer-0 Bridging | ⚙️ Limited rollup | ❌ Subnets | ⚙️ Cross-chain bridges | ✅ Layer-0 ready |
| Energy Profile (PoS) | ✅ Low | ✅ Low | ✅ Low | ✅ Very Low |
| Governance | ⚙️ Off-Chain | ✅ On-Chain | ⚙️ Off-Chain | ✅ On-Chain |
Indicative data collected on Oct 4 2025 from chainspect.app
3. Three Hard Requirements for Real-World Scale
1. Trust — The Base-Layer Guarantee
For physical assets, trust means the record can’t vanish.
Only a Layer-1 ledger gives that permanence; it doesn’t depend on another chain for settlement.
Sonic operates as a full final-settlement chain, so each DeviceStamp entry — manufacture, repair, resale, recycle — is independently verifiable forever.
No vendor lock-in, no dependency on external checkpoints.
2. Speed — Verification at Human Scale
In consumer and logistics systems, waiting 10 seconds feels broken.
Solana proved sub-second blockchain confirmations are achievable; Sonic delivers the same performance class — hundreds of transactions per second and finality under one second — without sacrificing data integrity.
That means instant device-auth checks at retail counters, service centers, or customs scanners worldwide.
3. Compatibility — Open by Design
“EVM-compatible” means Ethereum-style smart contracts and tools run here, unchanged.
Developers can use existing Solidity code, wallets, and APIs — no rewrites, no proprietary SDKs, no ecosystem lock-in.
This ensures that manufacturers, auditors, or governments integrating with DeviceStamp can connect through standard interfaces, not custom bridges.
Cross-integration is mandatory when you aim for billions of devices — not optional.
4. Why Sonic Fits the Equation
Sonic merges those three axes into one operating zone:
| Axis | What Matters | How Sonic Delivers |
|---|---|---|
| Trust | On-chain finality | All records settle directly on L1, not an L2 summary |
| Speed | < 1 s confirmation | Optimized PoS consensus, Solana-class latency |
| Compatibility | Open tooling | Native EVM runtime, Ethereum RPC endpoints |
This lets DeviceStamp function like a public infrastructure service, not a siloed blockchain app.
5. The Economics of Scale
Device tracking of billions of devices generates micro-transactions at global volume — cost is essential.
At Ethereum’s cost per record compared to Sonic, the same ledger cost is estimated at 250 : 1.
That delta isn’t savings — it’s feasibility.
It’s what turns compliance systems into living networks.
6. The Integration Horizon
Because Sonic is wired into Layer-0 interoperability protocols, DeviceStamp’s proofs can later bridge to:
- National or EU DPP registries
- Sustainability-data chains
- Enterprise blockchains used by OEMs or recyclers
Each connection remains standards-based, ensuring the infrastructure scales outward, not upward into another monopoly.
7. The Infrastructure Principle
Speed gets attention; trust keeps adoption; compatibility makes it global.
Most chains deliver one or two. Sonic delivers all three in a single, open, Ethereum-compatible environment —
fast enough for Solana-class performance, stable enough for industrial certification, and open enough to integrate with anything that comes next.
Summary
Billions of connected devices will need a common truth layer.
DeviceStamp provides it — trust that finalizes instantly, speed that scales globally, and openness that keeps everyone interoperable.