Swapping on and across Sonic

Sonic is a Layer 1 blockchain that prioritizes throughput and fast finality. Its contract environment is EVM-compatible, so it uses Ethereum-style token standards and addresses, while its native asset S pays for gas on the network.

The pitch is speed: Sonic aims for very quick confirmation and high transaction capacity, which makes it attractive for active swapping. As with any chain, real performance varies with conditions rather than a guaranteed constant.

Multiswap compares routes from the engines that quote Sonic instead of holding its own liquidity. For a Sonic swap it queries same-chain and cross-chain engines in parallel and ranks the quotes by net output after estimated gas.

Since Sonic is a newer, fast L1, comparing across engines is especially useful. Liquidity is still developing, so the best route can vary more between pairs than on a mature chain.

Gas on Sonic is paid in S, so you keep a little S available to transact once you're there. A common first step is swapping into a small amount of S alongside whatever else you're moving, so you aren't left holding tokens you can't act on for lack of gas.

Because Sonic is EVM-compatible, addresses look like any EVM address. Confirm the destination network before sending, since the familiar format makes it easy to target the wrong chain.