Venom Foundation Hits 150k TPS in Closed Test—Mainnet Upgrade Looms for 2025

Venom Foundation just flexed its scalability muscles—hitting a blistering 150,000 transactions per second in a closed-network stress test. The blockchain’s lab-coat performance now sets the stage for its 2025 mainnet upgrade.

Behind the numbers: While ’closed-network’ speeds often vanish like crypto traders’ profits during a bear market, Venom’s test suggests serious throughput potential. The real test? Handling real-world traffic without the training wheels.

Why it matters: If Venom delivers even half this speed on mainnet, it could outpace legacy payment rails—while giving Ethereum’s ’ultrasound money’ gang performance anxiety.

The cynical take: Another blockchain, another stress test result that’ll either revolutionize finance or become a footnote in the next post-mortem report. Place your bets.

The Venom Foundation has successfully completed a closed‑network stress test of its next‑generation protocol, which is capable of completingand finalizing all transfers in. The implementation of this upgrade is set to occur inand make Venom one of the most effective throughput public blockchains in existence.

“Throughput only matters if it can remain reliable under pressure,” said, Chief Executive Officer at Venom. “Our new stack can handle enterprise‑scale workloads without spiking fees or compromising decentralization, which is exactly what payment providers, exchanges, and game studios need.”

• Speed at scale — DAG‑based mempool consensus unlocks headroom for 400,000+ TPS in synthetic benchmarks while maintaining real‑time finality.
• Fair order flow — The distributed sorting layer can convert the DAG into a single linear order, preventing front‑running and other MEV exploits.
• Parallel smart‑contract execution — TVM actor model shard accounts and processes call asynchronously, enabling high‑volume DeFi and microtransactions.
• Deterministic security — Validators can generate identical outputs, meaning finality is reached once 2 n + 1 signatures are collected, making forks virtually impossible.
• Lean networking footprint — Asynchronous block distribution keeps bandwidth costs low for operators and cloud partners.

(Q2 2025) – Security audits, ecosystem tooling, third‑party audits

(Q3 2025) – In‑place hard fork

(Q4 2025) – Cross‑chain bridges, feature‑complete SDKs

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.

consists of researchers and developers from Abu Dhabi, where they built the foundations for the network. The foundation is a Cayman‑registered, community‑driven non‑profit supporting research, development, and adoption for the Venom blockchain. 

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