A network like nothing you've used before

Follow one transaction from a user's tap to irreversible finality. Grow the network from 60 validators to fifty thousand. Watch a bridge that won't move funds without consensus.

Real network time0.000s
Confirmations1 · instantly final
SignatureDilithium 5 · PQ
Validators involved125+
Max throughput18,000 TPS
Parallel lanes5
Playbackslowed 6×
Global block height0
Throughput15,300 TPS
Parallel lanes5
Bandwidth / validator~500 Mbps · flat
Chains18 EVM + Solana
Enclave threshold8 of 12 · each direction
Consensus proofQC · ≥⅔ validators
Origin finalityalways verified
Release pathconsensus-gated
Validators60
one journey shown - slide to grow how many run in parallel
Validators60
Network activityBusy
1 dot ≈ 300 tx
Transaction → lane
Lane batch → continental block
Header → global block (~146 KB)
Spot audit (every block)
Tip: click the network to trace a transaction
Why TPS increases as it grows
The global block cadence never changes - one per second, finality always ~1.3s. What grows is how much fits into each second. Work is sharded into parallel lanes across six continents, every lane sealing its own slice simultaneously every 300ms - so adding validators adds lanes, and lanes multiply throughput: from a 60-validator genesis to 1M+ TPS at 50,000 validators, while each validator's bandwidth stays flat (bodies stay regional; only ~146 KB headers travel the world). Routing is just BLAKE3(address‖slot) % lanes - no coordination, no mempool, nothing to front-run.
How consensus works
Every block is verified by a random committee of 60 regional validators, finalised by another random 60 globally, then re-audited by 5+ random spot validators who pull the actual data and check it against the header. One honest auditor = a fraud proof in 300ms, inside the finality window - and the dishonest committee forfeits its stake. Validators commit their randomness before learning their roles, so none of these draws can be predicted or gamed.
The bridge
Outbound transfers only move with a Quorum Certificate - proof that ≥⅔ of all validators finalised the transaction. Twelve signing enclaves each verify the QC independently; 8 of 12 must agree to release funds. Inbound, the bridge listens to the originating chain, waits for its finality, then a separate set of 12 inbound enclaves must threshold-sign before anything is credited - threshold security in both directions. No proof, no signatures, no movement - every transfer, in either direction, follows the same rules.

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Simulation of architecture targets and projections. Not financial advice.