Pharos vs Sonic

Pharos is an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain designed for real-world assets and payments. It focuses on high throughput, sub-second finality and parallel execution to support institutional-grade financial applications such as tokenized treasuries, credit, stablecoin payments and onchain trading. Pharos combines a modular architecture with specialized processing networks for compute-intensive workloads. The network was founded by former Ant Group engineers, and PROS is its native token, used for gas, staking and governance.

Sonic is an ultra‑fast EVM Layer‑1 claimed to reach 400k TPS and sub‑second finality via a custom SonicVM and DAG‑based consensus dubbed Tempo. Blocks are final once two‑thirds of stake attest, and state is stored in an in‑memory ledger that snapshots to disk every epoch. The project focuses on GameFi and real‑time social dApps, with an incentive testnet launched in May 2025.