Monad just launched Mainnet!
That’s why Ryan sits down with Monad co-founder Keone Hon today.
We ask the blunt question: do we really need another general-purpose L1?
Why not just build this as an Ethereum L2 instead?
Keone explains how Monad’s parallel, pipelined EVM works under tight consumer-hardware constraints (32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, 100 Mbps), delivering ~500M gas/sec, 400ms blocks, and fast finality while preserving decentralization.
Enjoy the episode!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Another L1?
1:36 Why L1 vs L2?
2:46 Decentralization
10:19 Run at Home vs Datacenter Chains
12:09 The Purpose of a Blockchain
14:06 The Purpose of Monad
16:00 Why EVM?
28:33 Solana for the EVM?
29:47 Monad vs Ethereum
34:23 Monad Scaling
36:40 Ethereum Roadmap
39:43 How Monad Benefits Ethereum
42:51 Keone’s Background
50:49 How Fast is Too Fast?
59:12 MEV
1:04:07 Monad Layer2s?
1:05:14 Monad Launch Decentralization
1:06:00 Launch Ecosystem
1:08:22 Monad Token
1:16:55 L1 Token Valuations
1:19:18 Monad vs MegaETH
1:23:59 Monad’s Success Case
1:25:57 Mainnet
1:27:11 Closing & Disclaimers
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RESOURCES
Keone Hon
https://x.com/keoneHD
Monad
https://x.com/monad
Monad Website
https://www.monad.xyz/
Monad Links
https://linktr.ee/monad_xyz
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