Overview¶
Altius is a high-performance blockchain platform built for institutions and demanding financial applications. It pairs a fully EVM-compatible Layer-1 with a specialized high-performance execution layer, so teams keep the compatibility and security of a public chain while running latency-sensitive, high-throughput workloads that a general-purpose chain cannot serve on its own.
The Altius Stack¶
The Altius Stack is composed of complementary parts that work together:
- Altius L1 — an institutional EVM Layer-1 built on a modern Reth-based execution stack with fast BFT consensus, plus a control plane designed for regulated and enterprise operators.
- Altius HPEC — a high-performance execution coprocessor that runs intensive workloads off-chain at high speed and periodically settles verified results to Altius L1.
- SSMT (Scalable State Merkle Trie) — a parallel state-root engine that keeps the execution layer fast as state grows by moving state-root computation off the client's hot path.
Performance at a glance¶
| Metric | Altius L1 | Altius HPEC |
|---|---|---|
| Sustained throughput | 4,000+ TPS | 10,000+ TPS |
| Latency | <1 ms confirmation | <1 ms execution / confirmation |
| Block production | 60 ms | — |
| Settlement to L1 | — | <60 ms |
| Gas throughput | 1.6M+ gas/s | — |
| Execution model | Parallelized EVM (Prague) | Non-EVM · scales with hardware, not validators |
SSMT — the parallel state-root engine — keeps L1's state-root computation off the critical path, so throughput holds as state grows.
Note
Figures are targets from representative configurations; deployments can be tuned to your use case, or hardware-optimized to exceed them. Not audited production guarantees — see each component's Benchmarks / Performance page for methodology.
Our goals¶
- Institutional-grade performance — high throughput and fast, deterministic finality on commodity hardware, without sacrificing EVM compatibility.
- Specialized execution where it matters — offload latency-critical workloads to a purpose-built coprocessor while preserving on-chain settlement guarantees.
- Operability and control — give regulated operators the governance, access controls, and auditability they need to run a network in production.
Who is this for?¶
- Financial institutions & market operators — venues and platforms that need millisecond-class execution with verifiable settlement.
- Infrastructure providers — teams running EVM networks that want higher performance without abandoning the EVM toolchain.
- Enterprise-grade systems — organizations deploying regulated, auditable on-chain workflows at scale.