Ethereum’s layer 2 ecosystem continues to evolve, with MegaETH demonstrating significant throughput gains as it prepares for a large-scale stress test ahead of its broader mainnet rollout. Recent testing shows the network reaching speeds that place it among the fastest EVM-compatible chains currently in development.
MegaETH Records 47,000 Transactions Per Second
Performance data from mid-January shows MegaETH peaking at nearly 47,000 transactions per second during internal testing. This milestone comes as the project readies a “global stress test” designed to measure how the network performs under sustained, real-world demand rather than short bursts of activity.
In an X post on Monday, MegaETH said ;
The upcoming test will target 15,000 to 35,000 sustained TPS, with the goal of processing approximately 11 billion transactions over seven days. Unlike controlled benchmarks, the test will place continuous load on the backend while users interact with the network in real time.
As part of the stress test, MegaETH will open limited mainnet access to users, enabling participation in latency-sensitive Web3 gaming applications while the chain operates under heavy pressure. The backend will simultaneously process a mix of ETH transfers and automated market maker swaps, pushing transaction counts to unprecedented levels for EVM-based networks.
According to an X post on Thursday ;
MegaETH is built with a speed-optimized architecture, prioritizing performance over maximum decentralization. The project positions itself as a real-time blockchain, with long-term ambitions of exceeding 100,000 TPS once fully deployed. Following the stress test, a wider mainnet launch is expected, marking a key step in Ethereum’s scalability roadmap.
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