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Founder @Somnia_Network creating the foundations for mass consumer web3 applications ex @Improbableio @MSquared_io

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This new validator map on the Somnia website is so cool. Each light is a live validator running the network. Got our first light in South America. Need some in Africa.

This new validator map on the Somnia website is so cool. Each light is a live validator running the network. Got our first light in South America. Need some in Africa.

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Currently working on making the block explorer keep up with Somnia in real time. It's pretty crazy watching how fast the blocks come in and how many transactions are coming in per second. We need to upgrade all of the infra to keep up with new gigachains.

Currently working on making the block explorer keep up with Somnia in real time. It's pretty crazy watching how fast the blocks come in and how many transactions are coming in per second. We need to upgrade all of the infra to keep up with new gigachains.

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Balancing what's good for your team community & investors has to be the hardest challenge I've faced. The tradeoffs are tough. But... everything we do we have the community top of mind. We will do our best and people who stick around long term will benefit. Stay with Somnia
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Balancing what's good for your team community & investors has to be the hardest challenge I've faced. The tradeoffs are tough. But... everything we do we have the community top of mind. We will do our best and people who stick around long term will benefit. Stay with Somnia

paul.somi

121,391 views • 1 year ago

Somnia is a long term project. TGE is just the beginning. We are going be building for years to come. I know after TGE some of you will leave. But the ones that stay long term will help shape the future with us. Somnia starts at TGE Stay with Somnia
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Somnia is a long term project. TGE is just the beginning. We are going be building for years to come. I know after TGE some of you will leave. But the ones that stay long term will help shape the future with us. Somnia starts at TGE Stay with Somnia

paul.somi

65,694 views • 1 year ago

Never understood why so many projects go dark after TGE. They launch their token and then it's radio silence. Your token's live, your project's live, that's the time to push momentum more. It's never made sense to me why they go offline. Somnia starts at TGE. Accelerate
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Never understood why so many projects go dark after TGE. They launch their token and then it's radio silence. Your token's live, your project's live, that's the time to push momentum more. It's never made sense to me why they go offline. Somnia starts at TGE. Accelerate

paul.somi

64,232 views • 1 year ago

One thing we thought hard about with USDso is friction. Nobody wants to manually swap into a new stablecoin before they can trade. So we removed that step entirely. Deposit stables into dreamDEX and it converts to USDso in the background automatically. Zero fees, nothing to think about.
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One thing we thought hard about with USDso is friction. Nobody wants to manually swap into a new stablecoin before they can trade. So we removed that step entirely. Deposit stables into dreamDEX and it converts to USDso in the background automatically. Zero fees, nothing to think about.

paul.somi

12,870 views • 1 month ago

Gaming is in a hard place right now especially in web3. Fundraising is tough teams cut staff and game failures are high. We still believe long term in gaming. But we listen to the market and are expanding our focus for 2026 to DeFi and Prediction markets.
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Gaming is in a hard place right now especially in web3. Fundraising is tough teams cut staff and game failures are high. We still believe long term in gaming. But we listen to the market and are expanding our focus for 2026 to DeFi and Prediction markets.

paul.somi

34,586 views • 7 months ago

Performance is foundation of Somnia, and it's what makes our new primitives possible. We need breakout applications that drive real usage. @prophecysocial_ and our new DEX are the first two verticals we will be exploring.
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Performance is foundation of Somnia, and it's what makes our new primitives possible. We need breakout applications that drive real usage. @prophecysocial_ and our new DEX are the first two verticals we will be exploring.

paul.somi

18,755 views • 4 months ago

I shouldn't leak this. But go so excited yesterday I had to share. Cooking some new AI tools to help you create mini games and publish them to the blockchain. AI will turn everyone into creators. Your imagination will be the limiting factor. Blockchain will be how you monetise.
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I shouldn't leak this. But go so excited yesterday I had to share. Cooking some new AI tools to help you create mini games and publish them to the blockchain. AI will turn everyone into creators. Your imagination will be the limiting factor. Blockchain will be how you monetise.

paul.somi

52,526 views • 1 year ago

One of the things we wanted to get right with Prophecy is resolution transparency. You can see the exact prompt the AI uses, which data sources it pulls from, and how it reaches consensus. We think this is essential to be able to trust markets and attract larger capital.
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One of the things we wanted to get right with Prophecy is resolution transparency. You can see the exact prompt the AI uses, which data sources it pulls from, and how it reaches consensus. We think this is essential to be able to trust markets and attract larger capital.

paul.somi

17,124 views • 3 months ago

Privacy is one of the most important things missing from onchain trading today. If you want institutional flow, tens or hundreds of millions at a time, counterparties need to transact without exposing their position. We are building private transactions into dreamDEX. Not there day one but later in the year.
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Privacy is one of the most important things missing from onchain trading today. If you want institutional flow, tens or hundreds of millions at a time, counterparties need to transact without exposing their position. We are building private transactions into dreamDEX. Not there day one but later in the year.

paul.somi

13,815 views • 2 months ago

Distribution is one of the hardest things for app developers. To solve this we need to grow the Somnia community to a web2 consumer audience. But you need an easy to use front door for web3. That's why we are building the Somnia browser. A gateway to the Somnia ecosystem.
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Distribution is one of the hardest things for app developers. To solve this we need to grow the Somnia community to a web2 consumer audience. But you need an easy to use front door for web3. That's why we are building the Somnia browser. A gateway to the Somnia ecosystem.

paul.somi

41,078 views • 1 year ago

2025 was a big learning journey for me as a founder. You can have a very clear vision in mind but you must listen to market, community and user feedback. Strong convictions loosely held is key. Lots of new stuff coming in 26 for Somnia.
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2025 was a big learning journey for me as a founder. You can have a very clear vision in mind but you must listen to market, community and user feedback. Strong convictions loosely held is key. Lots of new stuff coming in 26 for Somnia.

paul.somi

26,837 views • 8 months ago

My biggest issue has always been trying to make everyone happy. But I’ve realised you simply can’t fix everyone’s problems all at once. It’s virtually impossible and leads to poor prioritisation. 😅 As a founder here are 2 important things you can do to make up for it! 👇🏽
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My biggest issue has always been trying to make everyone happy. But I’ve realised you simply can’t fix everyone’s problems all at once. It’s virtually impossible and leads to poor prioritisation. 😅 As a founder here are 2 important things you can do to make up for it! 👇🏽

paul.somi

36,478 views • 1 year ago

The revenue meta is not a meta. It's a fundamental shift that crypto is growing up. I believe this will start to be the way more protocols are valued. Most blockchains today their revenue to price ratio makes no sense. Even for a highly speculative asset. Somnia is looking at ways we can partner with key components in the ecosystem to make the revenue story make sense.
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The revenue meta is not a meta. It's a fundamental shift that crypto is growing up. I believe this will start to be the way more protocols are valued. Most blockchains today their revenue to price ratio makes no sense. Even for a highly speculative asset. Somnia is looking at ways we can partner with key components in the ecosystem to make the revenue story make sense.

paul.somi

30,856 views • 10 months ago

We are currently at about 160k daily active users on Somnia. This has been growing fast week to week. We have only launched about 10% of the dApps so far. Somnia is just getting started
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We are currently at about 160k daily active users on Somnia. This has been growing fast week to week. We have only launched about 10% of the dApps so far. Somnia is just getting started

paul.somi

32,544 views • 11 months ago

We’re building a native DEX on Somnia. This will help solve fragmented liquidity by creating a layer that apps can plug into for shared liquidity. This will link to other components like lending. For users it means best prices lower slippage and more efficient trading.
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We’re building a native DEX on Somnia. This will help solve fragmented liquidity by creating a layer that apps can plug into for shared liquidity. This will link to other components like lending. For users it means best prices lower slippage and more efficient trading.

paul.somi

21,468 views • 6 months ago

As a founder it's easy to get overwhelmed. In the run up to mainnet these 2 rules have helped me: 1. Focus on signal not noise. Only do things that move the needle. 2. Accept imperfection & that you can't do it all. Your energy drives your project forward. Stay focused!
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As a founder it's easy to get overwhelmed. In the run up to mainnet these 2 rules have helped me: 1. Focus on signal not noise. Only do things that move the needle. 2. Accept imperfection & that you can't do it all. Your energy drives your project forward. Stay focused!

paul.somi

31,276 views • 1 year ago

Defi agents have a massive latency problem. To operate effectively on lending protocols and dexs, agents need both high-performance execution and a native onchain presence. Somnia is almost ready to put the solution in front of traders and builders.
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Defi agents have a massive latency problem. To operate effectively on lending protocols and dexs, agents need both high-performance execution and a native onchain presence. Somnia is almost ready to put the solution in front of traders and builders.

paul.somi

16,666 views • 5 months ago

Prediction markets hit 38M weekly transactions but still rely on opaque oracles and humans to resolve outcomes. What we need: AI to create and resolve the markets. Verifiable data streams that can be seen onchain. Decentralised compute for trust. We have all the components for this with Somnia. Building a framework to tie it all together. Should be coming in the next month!
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Prediction markets hit 38M weekly transactions but still rely on opaque oracles and humans to resolve outcomes. What we need: AI to create and resolve the markets. Verifiable data streams that can be seen onchain. Decentralised compute for trust. We have all the components for this with Somnia. Building a framework to tie it all together. Should be coming in the next month!

paul.somi

17,732 views • 6 months ago