Supra Wagers $1 Million: Demonstrating That EVM Performance Is No Longer a Limitation

Supra, a blockchain platform focused on Automatic DeFi (AutoFi) and supported by Coinbase Ventures, has introduced a $1 million bounty to test the capabilities of its parallel EVM execution engine, SupraBTM. This event, named the SupraEVM Speed Challenge, is spearheaded by Supra's CEO and co-founder Joshua Tobkin, who is personally pledging his own SUPRA tokens as a prize for any developer or team able to outperform SupraBTM under specific criteria

. This ambitious initiative highlights the team's confidence in their technology and their dedication to openness in an industry where speed and scalability are ongoing challenges .

The competition addresses a fundamental obstacle in blockchain scalability: executing transactions within the

Virtual Machine (EVM). Although consensus mechanisms and data availability have seen improvements, — which is crucial for low-latency DeFi, instant gaming, and AI-powered autonomous agents — continues to be a significant technical challenge. SupraBTM, the engine behind SupraEVM, claims to solve this with a conflict-aware architecture that minimizes overhead and streamlines scheduling using dependency graphs. indicate that SupraBTM delivers 1.5 to 1.7 times greater throughput and up to seven times the speed of conventional sequential EVM execution.

The requirements for the bounty are rigorous. Entrants must process 100,000 consecutive Ethereum mainnet blocks on standard hardware (16-core CPU, 192 GB RAM), demonstrate at least a 15% performance gain across 4, 8, and 16-thread setups, and

. The reward is linked to Tobkin’s personal token allocation, which will vest in 2027, aligning with the ecosystem’s long-term vision. So far, no participant has succeeded, as the leading performer in public benchmarks.

Supra’s vertically integrated platform—merging execution, consensus, and infrastructure into a unified stack—powers its AutoFi system, which automates financial processes using AI oracles and cross-chain messaging without bridges. The platform’s native Proof of Efficient Liquidity (PoEL) protocol further boosts capital efficiency by enabling stakers to both secure the network and provide liquidity

. By and deterministic scheduling, Supra seeks to establish a new benchmark for EVM performance, encouraging developers and academics to advance blockchain scalability.

This challenge is part of a wider movement in the industry to enhance EVM execution, with Supra’s strategy focusing on openness and public scrutiny. As AI-driven agents and decentralized apps require faster and more dependable infrastructure, Supra’s $1 million challenge may either spark new breakthroughs or further cement its leadership in the field.