Morph Launches High-Performance Blockchain for Onchain Trading

Morph has launched Morph Tachyon, an independent Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for onchain trading and high-performance markets. This new chain is part of a connected financial ecosystem that includes existing Ethereum Layer 2 for payments, stablecoins, and open finance.

The goal of Morph Tachyon is to provide a dedicated environment for trading applications, which often have to trade off speed, transparency, and usability on general-purpose infrastructure.

With its own consensus, settlement, and state, Morph Tachyon allows trading apps to process large volumes of transactions quickly. Key features include target block times of 200 milliseconds, instant finality with no block reorganizations, and a gas-free trading experience.