Solayer launches InfinisVM blockchain, using Solana virtual machine

Solayer, the restaking protocol on Solana, has just announced its 2025 development roadmap, centered on the InfinisVM blockchain.

It is a blockchain using a hardware-accelerated Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) that aims to deliver superior performance and solve the bandwidth bottlenecks that exist on the Solana network

Solana Virtual Machine (SVM - Solana virtual machine) is the core software platform of the Solana blockchain. It enables the processing of thousands of transactions per second by using a parallel processing model for dapps.

This is different from Ethereum's Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which uses a sequential processing model.

InfinisVM is described by Solayer as a “new step” in the project's development strategy. According to a brief technical report (litepaper) published by Solayer, InfinisVM has the flexibility to scale to meet the needs of decentralized applications (DApp) while maintaining an extremely fast transaction confirmation time, only 1 millisecond.

Solayer launched in January 2024, initially operating as a protocol Restaking, similar to EigenLayer on Ethereum. Users can stake their SOL tokens on Solayer to secure other dapps, while receiving rewards.

Solayer's Roadmap 2025 introduces InfinisVM as a solution to the critical issues facing the Solana network, particularly bandwidth consumption of up to 0.8Gbps per validator.

This often leads to validator propagation failure, disconnection, and even consensus failure, affecting network stability.

InfinisVM will minimize these vulnerabilities by optimizing bandwidth usage, providing better resilience and smoother operation for both validators and users.

Specifically, InfinisVM is designed with an infinitely scalable multi-execution cluster architecture. This is done through advanced technologies such as SDN (Software-Defined Networking) and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access).

With this infrastructure, Solayer aims to increase network speeds to 100 Gbps, while ensuring atomic state consistency across the blockchain.

The InfinisVM development team said the solution will help scale Solana's network infrastructure horizontally, meeting the growing bandwidth demands of dapps.

InfinisVM will incorporate hybrid consensus mechanisms, including Proof-of-Authority (PoA) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS). This model aims to enhance network security, while providing a more efficient and scalable consensus approach than traditional methods. The combination of these two mechanisms ensures faster and more reliable transactions, improving the overall performance of the blockchain.

Solayer plans to integrate Solana's original profitable assets such as sSol and sUSD into InfinisVM. Users can stake these assets online to receive rewards.

Currently, the total value of locked assets (TVL) on Solayer is close to $400 million. The development of InfinisVM marks a new step for Solayer, from a restaking protocol to the field of blockchain development.

Although SVM is often known as the core component of the Solana main network, many projects are currently leveraging SVM in new ways, extending its application beyond the main blockchain through alternative SVMs.

InfinisVM is a good example of this trend. It works independently of the main Solana network, creating a separate environment for dapps. Alternative SVMs such as InfinisVM can be used to build Layer 2 solutions or even brand new blockchains, inheriting the performance of SVMs while providing their own functionality.

In addition to InfinisVM, Eclipse is also a notable project that uses SVM to develop a Layer 2 solution on Ethereum. Eclipse focuses on faster transaction processing at lower gas costs by bundling off-chain transactions and then recording the results to the Ethereum main network (mainnet).