Research Featured

Introducing the Sei Research Initiative

Sei Labs and the Sei Foundation are opening up the dialogue with third party researchers, thought leaders and external contributors to explore the limits of the EVM under the Sei Research Initiative. The Sei Research Initiative shares Vitalik's view that Ethereum's multi-client philosophy strengthens the ecosystem

Advancing Sei’s Developer and Gaming Ecosystems via Creator Funding

Sei Creator Fund: Rounds 3 & 4 Results TL;DR * The Sei Creator Fund has successfully concluded two parallel rounds focusing on Sei’s Developer Ecosystem (Round 3) and Web3 Gaming (Round 4). * The combined matching pool of 1,162,790 SEI (approximately $500,000 at $0.43 per SEI)

Filament, Sei Network’s Native Derivatives DEX, Secures $1.1 Million in Seed Funding

September 17, 2024 – Filament, a hybrid decentralized exchange (DEX) for derivatives on the Sei Network that is optimized for speed and trade efficiency in low-liquidity environments, today announced that it has successfully raised $1.1 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Lingfeng Innovation Fund, with

Sei GG: The Gauntlet Gaming Competition & Creator Fund Round #4

We’re excited to announce two parallel initiatives happening on Sei: 1. Sei GG: The Legendary Gauntlet, a three-week-long gaming competition for Web3 gamers with $50,000 in prizes. 2. Creator Fund Round #4 for Web3 gaming creators, offering $250,000 in grants to support projects that contribute to the

Creator Fund Round #3: Sei Developer Ecosystem

Sei Creator Fund Overview The Sei Creator Fund, a $10 million initiative, is launching its third round with a $250,000 USD matching pool. This round focuses on Educational Content, Developer Tools, Smart Contract Development, Integration, and Documentation, aiming to support developers building on Sei. Round 3 Details Topic: Sei

Sei Creator Fund: Round 2 Results - Empowering Creative Media and IP Development

TL;DR * The Sei Creator Fund's second round, focused on Creative Media and IP Development, has successfully concluded. * A matching pool of 1,108,333 SEI (approximately $332,499.90 at $0.3 per SEI) supported creators in the Sei ecosystem.  * As a surprise to the community, The

Sei Creator Fund Round #2: Creative Media and IP Development

Funding Amount: $250,000 USD worth of SEI (price taken at round close) Sei Creator Fund Overview The Sei Creator Fund, a $10 million initiative, launched its first round on June 4th, 2024, marking a major milestone in nurturing the Sei ecosystem. In The Kickoff Round, a $250,000 matching

Sei Foundation Launches $50 Million Japan Ecosystem Fund to boost Gaming, Social, and Entertainment Sectors

Introducing the Sei Japan Ecosystem Fund The Sei Japan Ecosystem Fund is a dedicated initiative launched in recognition of the blossoming crypto startup space in Japan that aims to accelerate the growth of these startups on Sei. Launched by the Sei Foundation, this venture fund will provide robust support for

Sei Creator Fund: Kickoff Round Results

TL;DR * The Sei Creator Fund's inaugural round, powered by Gitcoin Grants Stack, has successfully concluded. * A $250,000 matching pool (862,500 SEI) supported projects in the Sei ecosystem. * We implemented an upgraded version of Quadratic Funding (QF) known as Connection-Oriented Cluster-Matching (COCM) for fair and Sybil-resistant

Sei’s Parallel EVM is open for Everyone

TLDR: We are ecstatic to announce that the fastest EVM blockchain ever built, Sei v2 mainnet beta, is now live and available for everyone.  Sei was created with a clear vision: Build the fastest blockchain, optimized for the exchange of digital assets. This vision has come one step closer to

Launching the Sei x Gitcoin Creator Fund

Gitcoin and SEI are collaborating to celebrate the launch of SEI v2 and support the growth and development of the SEI ecosystem through the Sei Creator Fund, which will include multiple rounds of funding. The first round, called ‘The Kickoff,’ starts on June 4th with a $250k matching pool, using

The Sei Community Airdrop

Update: A review was carried out and the eligibility checker amended on 30/05/24. The criteria remain exactly the same, however some figures have subsequently changed in the summary tables. The community should now re-check with all potentially eligible wallets. If you had accepted your airdrop allocation already, there

Getting Started with Sei V2

Welcome to the upgraded Sei Blockchain, now at Version 2! This guide is designed to help you start using Sei and get Sei tokens, no matter your experience level or which platform you currently use. Here’s what you need to know to get started. You will need: * A self

How the Sei V2 Launch Will Work

Learn more about the technical details of this proposed upgrade to Sei here: https://blog.sei.io/sei-v2-the-first-parallelized-evm/ Sei V2 is a proposed, additive upgrade to a live blockchain, bringing the first highly performant parallelized EVM into production. This upgrade will require a Governance approval process to proceed. The launch

What is an RPC Node?

Sei is a high-performance blockchain that aims to power modern decentralized applications. The network is designed to facilitate thousands of transactions per second, and web 2-like user experiences. However, in order to read and write data to the blockchain and operate high performance applications, developers need access to  something called

An Open Letter to Founders and Pre-Founders

Dear Crypto Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Pre-Founders,  We hope this message finds you well. Here at The Sei Foundation, we have a clear mandate to grow the Sei Ecosystem. With that in mind, for us, finding and working with strong Founders is one of the most important missions we will undertake;

“Hey, Seiri” Sei Content Creation Contest - Win SEI!

If you are a creative thinker, content creator, or social media enthusiast, submit your entry of Sei v2 content on X (Twitter) then join here to enter the contest to win and share 2,050 SEI! Introduction Sei is pleased to announce a content creation contest aimed at engaging our

Sei Foundation partners with Gitcoin to announce $10M Creator Fund

The Sei Foundation, a non-profit committed to the Sei ecosystem's growth, has launched the Sei Creator Fund today, a $10m grants fund for both the creation of new projects and growth of existing NFT and Social projects on Sei.  This fund is deployed in recognition of the remarkable

Altlayer and Sei: Democratizing the Parallel EVM

As part of its goal to scale the EVM, Sei Labs recently unveiled its ground-breaking initiative, The Parallel Stack, setting a new benchmark for maximally performant Layer 2 solutions.  At its core, The Parallel Stack emerges as a robust, open-source framework designed for crafting Layer 2s and rollups that harness

How Sei Became the Fastest Blockchain: Twin Turbo Consensus

Breaking down Sei’s Twin-Turbo Consensus It is often said that Sei is the fastest blockchain. But what does this mean, and how did Sei Labs achieve it? In this post, we peel back the layers of Sei’s "Twin-Turbo consensus" mechanism that made Sei the fastest chain

Featured

Sei’s Parallel Stack

Enabling Maximally Performant L2 Blockchains Parallelizing the EVM does not stop with launching Sei v2. It’s time to think even bigger.  As part of Sei’s mission to scale the EVM, creating an open sourced framework for maximally performant, parallelized L2 chains is a natural next step. Introducing: the

Sei v2: EVM and Wasm interoperability

A short FAQ has been included at the end of this post to clarify common questions. The upcoming proposal for the Sei v2 upgrade will introduce a variety of new features, such as the first high performance parallelized EVM. This will result in a chain that combines the best parts

Sei and Meta Akita Forge Partnership to Introduce Akita Inu to Web3

Tokyo, Japan - February 26, 2024 In the ever-evolving world of web3, choosing the right dog breed as a project's mascot is key. While many opt for the Shiba Inu, Sei is breaking new ground by teaming up with the Akita breed. The partnership between Sei and Meta

Sei Labs and Omni Develop New EIP, to Unify NFTs across the evolving Ethereum Ecosystem

The problem for Ethereum NFTs  In recent years, many scaling solutions have been proposed for Ethereum to combat increasing gas fees and limited throughput. This includes the many flavors of Layer 2 rollup, to new highly performant scaling solutions for the EVM itself, such as parallelized blockchains. However, it’s

The Sei v2 Public Devnet is here

If you are thinking about building on Sei, or already are, let us know about your project here. The first milestone in the journey to a highly performant EVM future is here. The sei arctic-1 Devnet has been upgraded to "v2", supporting a high performance, parallelized EVM. Developers