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Sei: the Fastest L1 for Trading
Sei Labs has one core thesis: the ability to exchange digital assets is the fundamental use case for crypto. Thus, the problem of how to scale trading apps and exchanges is instrumental to unlocking the next stage of growth for Web3 adoption. Sei is a general purpose Layer 1 blockchain built for trading, optimized at every level of the stack to offer the best infrastructure for trading apps and exchanges.
The problem
Over the past few years, it is abundantly clear that trading assets on-chain has reached deep product-market fit. The next natural step is scaling the applications to meet the oncoming demand. The problem is that trading apps face major scaling obstacles on existing Layer 1 and Layer 2 infrastructure. The challenge is referred to as the “Trading Trilemma” since trading apps cannot achieve decentralization, scalability, and capital efficiency simultaneously.
If Sei is successful, trading apps no longer face a tradeoff to decentralization. They are able to offer the same user experience as any Web2 app while maintaining the non-negotiable benefits of decentralization, the trustless, permissionless ability to transact and prove ownership without risk of censorship.
Sei addresses the problem
Sei is an open-source Layer 1 blockchain that was built to address the trading scalability problem. Sei is the fastest Layer 1 for trading, optimizing every layer of the stack to offer the best infrastructure for trading apps. Sei's unique value proposition lies in its singular focus on the trading function. By optimizing its infrastructure for trading apps, any gaming economy, NFT marketplace, or DeFi DEX, will operate better on Sei than on any other Layer 1.
Sei features the fastest time to finality in the industry with a lower bound of 300ms and built-in parallelization, making the infrastructure ideal for trading functionality. By leveraging two novel advancements in consensus research, Sei features Twin-Turbo consensus to reach levels of performance that no other Layer 1 has gotten. Moreover, Sei's built-in matching engine and front-running prevention provide trading apps with valuable advantages out-of-the-box. Finally, Sei's automatic order bundling capability improves app throughput and improves the user experience for all trading apps built on Sei.