What is Sei?
summary
Sei is a Cosmos L1 built specifically for trading with a native order‑matching engine, market‑based parallelization and a bespoke twin turbo consensus (intelligent block propagation + optimistic block processing). Changes to Tendermint plus parallelization drive throughput from ~7,400 to ~12,000 and up to 22,000 orders per second with ~450 ms blocks; intelligent propagation yields ~40% throughput gain and optimistic processing ~33%. Live on the tsunami incentivized testnet with 2,000 validators, 200k test transactions, Vortex perpetuals and a $50M ecosystem/liquidity fund.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Introduction to Sei
- 1:34Twin turbo consensus
- 8:58Ecosystem development
- 14:22Ecosystem and liquidity fund
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