UNCHAINED: How to Build the Fastest Onchain Experience With Monad, Sei, and Eclipse

Aug 28, 2024

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Vijay Chetty

Guest

Jay Jog

Guest

Keone Hon

Keone Hon from Monad Labs, Jay Jog of Sei Labs, and Vijay Chetty from Eclipse Labs share their expertise in enhancing blockchain performance. They discuss Monad's unique approach to being a high-throughput blockchain and why they opted against an L2 solution. Jay reveals Sei's transition to the EVM and its claim to be the fastest chain, while Vijay highlights Eclipse’s goal of merging Ethereum and Solana technologies. The conversation dives into technical innovations like parallelized EVMs and the significance of community support in advancing blockchain technology.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Exploring the Future of Blockchain Scalability

01:42 • 2min

Optimizing Blockchain Performance with Monad

03:39 • 6min

Building a New Blockchain: Monad's Vision

09:10 • 12min

Progress Updates on Testnets and Token Launch alongside Sae Labs Journey

21:02 • 2min

Enhancing the Ethereum Virtual Machine

23:03 • 21min

Transitioning to Eclipse Labs and Sponsor Highlights

44:15 • 3min

Eclipse: Bridging Ethereum and Solana

47:22 • 23min

The next generation of high-throughput blockchains are on their way. Keone Hon of Monad, Jay Jog of Sei, and Vijay Chetty of Eclipse discuss the ways they’re boosting the number of transactions per second, and the tradeoffs they’re having to make.

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:

How Monad got started and its mission from the very beginning
The features that enable Monad to be a high-throughput blockchain
Why Monad chose to make a new blockchain instead of an L2
Why Keone believes that Monad offers the best experience for developers and why he doesn’t like the ‘Ethereum killer’ description
Monad’s big venture capital raise and how they’ll use the money
Monad’s strong community
The next steps for Monad and whether we’ll see a token soon
What Sei is and the role of the GameStop saga in the creation of it
Why Jay believes the EVM developer ecosystem is so strong
Why Sei pivoted from Cosmos to the EVM that led to the launch of its v2
What allows Sei to be “the fastest chain, even faster than Solana”
How Sei DB works, and why Jay says that the monolithic approach has many advantages to the modular one
How Eclipse works by combining Ethereum, Solana, and Cosmos
How Eclipse deals with the complexities of its modular architecture
What ways there are to transact in SOL on Eclipse
Vijay’s reaction to how Eclipse Labs has responded to the allegations against its founder and former CEO Neel Somani
How Eclipse aims to attract developers
What areas within crypto Vijay expects will flourish on Eclipse
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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