Keone Hon is the founder of Monad, a high performance blockchain aiming to scale the EVM. In this episode, we dive into Keone’s upbringing and how that’s influenced him over the years. We also discuss the early days of Monad, his experience raising the seed round, and how Keone's recruiting philosophy. Plus, we get an inside look at Keone’s day-to-day and his vision for Monad’s future.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) - Intro

(0:42) - Altitude 

(1:32)  - Monad Launch

(4:25)  - Keone’s early life and interests 

(16:52)  - Where Keone's work ethic came from

(19:52) - Working at Jump and how the culture passed on to Monad

(24:26) - Starting Monad 

(30:05) - Raising the seed round for Monad

(32:29) - Growing the Monad community and open-sourcing code

(36:35) - How Keone hired for the early team

(44:07)  - The future of Category Labs 

(51:26) - Which metrics is Monad focusing on

(1:00:24) - Building a base of loyal and passionate users

(1:07:45) - The personality of an L1 founder

(1:13:46) - Founders that Keone looks up to

(1:18:34) - Day in the life of Keone

(1:23:57) - The endgame vision for Monad