Kaia is an Ethereum-equivalent Layer 1 public blockchain that brings Web3 to the fingertips of hundreds of millions across Asia via their preferred messenger superapps. Kaia utilizes Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (pBFT), a highly-optimized version of BFT to achieve 4,000 real-world TPS while delivering 1-second block time with immediate absolute finality, which allows for near-instant transactions.