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How to Build the Fastest Onchain Experience With Monad, Sei, and Eclipse - Ep. 694

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In this episode of Unchained, Keone Hon of Monad Labs, Jay Jog of Sei Labs, and Vijay Chetty of Eclipse Labs share insights on their distinct approaches to scalability and performance in high-throughput blockchains. They discuss the technical advantages of parallelized EVMs, the strategic decisions behind blockchain architecture, and the innovations driving the next generation of high-speed chains. 

Show highlights:
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:02 How Monad got started and its mission from the very beginning
  • 03:46 The features that enable Monad to be a high-throughput blockchain
  • 07:32 Why Monad chose to make a new blockchain instead of an L2
  • 08:36 Why Keone believes that Monad offers the best experience for developers and why he doesn’t like the ‘Ethereum killer’ description
  • 15:48 Monad’s big venture capital raise and how they’ll use the money
  • 17:30 Monad’s strong community 
  • 19:21 The next steps for Monad and whether we’ll see a token soon
  • 20:02 What Sei is and the role of the GameStop saga in the creation of it
  • 21:31 Why Jay believes the EVM developer ecosystem is so strong 
  • 25:45 Why Sei pivoted from Cosmos to the EVM that led to the launch of its v2
  • 27:14 What allows Sei to be “the fastest chain, even faster than Solana”
  • 33:03 How Sei DB works, and why Jay says that the monolithic approach has many advantages to the modular one
  • 45:35 How Eclipse works by combining Ethereum, Solana, and Cosmos
  • 53:22 How Eclipse deals with the complexities of its modular architecture
  • 54:54 What ways there are to transact in SOL on Eclipse
  • 55:44 Vijay’s reaction to how Eclipse Labs has responded to the allegations against its founder and former CEO Neel Somani
  • 57:21 How Eclipse aims to attract developers 
  • 1:01:15 What areas within crypto Vijay expects will flourish on Eclipse
  • 1:03:49 The next steps for Eclipse and when the mainnet could launch

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      • Guests:
      • Keone Hon, Co-founder and CEO at Monad Labs. 
      • Jay Jog, Co-founder of Sei Labs.
      • Vijay Chetty, CEO of Eclipse Labs. 

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