NEWS | Qubic Sets a New World Record: 15.52 Million TPS on Mainnet, Certified by CertiK

On April 22, 2025, Qubic officially became the fastest blockchain in history — hitting over 15,520,000 transactions per second (TPS) during a live mainnet performance test, verified by CertiK.

Unlike previous claims from testnets or simulations, this was a fully validated mainnet result — captured on-chain, tick-by-tick, and audited in real time.

Fig 1 - Qubic's visual representation of the test results, verified by Certik

Public Test. Real Chain. 

The entire stress test ran openly on Qubic’s Layer 1 — no rollups, no external layers. Qubic processed:

• 15.52M TPS (peak)
  

• 1.518 billion transfers
  

• Instant finality with no probabilistic delay

All results were confirmed and published by CertiK.

The network stayed live. The data is public.

Comparing Top Blockchains by TPS

Most TPS claims rely on idealized benchmarks or testnet bursts. Qubic’s result happened on a live, production Layer 1.

Here’s how it compares:

Qubic is not just the fastest L1 — it’s the fastest blockchain ever recorded.

Overview of the Test

The Qubic team conducted a live stress test on mainnet using its native tick-based architecture.

While the test session spanned a longer runtime with many ticks executed, the certified performance result — 15.52 million TPS and 1.518 billion transfers — is drawn from the 10 peak ticks over a 10 minute test time, verified by CertiK.

Each tick represents a full cycle of:

• Validator coordination

• Computation execution

• Final consensus and settlement

CertiK audited the test in real time, confirming:

• Tick synchronization and integrity

• Transfer counts and transaction logs

• Validator activity via on-chain telemetry

All results are open to the public through the Qubic Explorer and Performance Stats Visualizer.

Why It Works: Tick-Based Scaling

Qubic’s throughput comes from its unique design — not from shortcuts. Instead of sharding or layering, Qubic bundles block production, execution, and consensus into atomic “ticks” that run with perfect synchronicity across the network.

Each tick processes all pending logic simultaneously.

Each tick finalizes instantly.

Why It Matters

This isn’t about bragging rights. It’s about unlocks.

If you’re building:

• AI compute — inference, training, pipelines

• DePIN networks — sensor mesh, edge routing, geospatial compute

• Composable DeFi — real-time execution, atomic logic

You no longer have to build around blockchain limitations.
Qubic is fast enough, final enough, and open enough to handle it.

Looking Ahead: AGI Needs This

This level of speed doesn’t just change what we can build today — it reshapes what we can even imagine.

If we want AGI to be decentralized — censorship-resistant, globally accessible, and secured by a trustless network — then the base layer has to keep up.

15.52 million TPS is the bandwidth needed to support distributed intelligence in real time.

With Qubic, that infrastructure exists.

Explore It All

You don’t have to take our word for it.

Full CertiK Report PDF Download

Qubic on Certik

Performance Stats Visualizer

Tick Logs + Validator Metrics

One network. One chain. Zero fees.

Now, the fastest blockchain in history.