The Sophon blockchain is going live with its mainnet on Avail.
The Sophon blockchain is going live with its mainnet on Avail.
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Sophon launches mainnet blockchain with $500M in locked value

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sophon has launched its mainnet, introducing the first-ever Validium on the Avail network. It has over $500 million in Total Value Locked (TVL) through the Sophon farming program, and a growing ecosystem of established partners.

Sophon said it is paving the way for scalable, consumer-focused blockchain applications. The launch comes with significant community support: over 120,000 node licenses purchased by more than 5,800 unique participants are now open for claiming.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.