Lightspeed The End Game For MegaETH | Lei Yang & Namik Muduroglu
Oct 28, 2025
This week, Lei Yang, co-founder of MegaETH, and Namik Muduroglu, its strategy lead, share exciting insights about their innovative Ethereum Layer 2 project. They delve into the mechanics of their high-performance design, highlighting trade-offs between centralization and speed. The duo discusses their ICO strategy, aiming for broad public participation, and the unique auction process. Listeners will hear about the future of low-latency applications, the need for high transaction throughput, and how MegaETH plans to support developer growth while complementing Ethereum.
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Layer 2 As Performance Endgame
- MegaETH treats a Layer 2 as the performance-maximizing final form of blockchains rather than a compromise.
- The team centralizes sequencer block production to achieve sub-10ms blocks and extreme TPS while anchoring security to Ethereum.
Rotate Sequencers On A Longer Schedule
- Use sequencer rotation over long windows to balance latency and decentralization rather than switching every block.
- Schedule leaders to reduce geographic latency and keep anti-censorship checks so users can reject misbehaving sequencers.
Security By L1 Anchors And Derivation
- MegaETH relies on Ethereum anchors and derivation to inherit safety and prevent reorgs.
- Liveness is enforced by requiring the sequencer to include transactions posted to the L1 inbox, anchoring availability to Ethereum.