Imran and Qiao sat down with Monad’s Keone Hon and Intern to deep dive into Monad and discuss Devs & Growth Leads.
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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(01:02) "Every brand now will have an intern"
(02:46) The Shift in The Flow of Customer Acquisition Now
(07:16) "Aside from memes, what was crucial upon building the hype around Monad?"
(10:10) The Interesting Growth Strategy of Monad
(15:01) What's with Giving CL Credit Card Details?
(16:12) Diving Deep into Monad
(21:21) The Trade-off Between Building Monad as a Layer 1 vs Layer 2
(26:14) How Easy is it to Port Over an App to Monad?
(32:23) "Do you see any layer 2 that can compete with Monad?"
(33:33) Can Monad Compete with Solana, Aptos, and Sui in Terms of Performance?
(34:07) Monolithic or Modular?
(37:21) The Idea Behind the Monad Characters/Memes
(46:26) Most Important Areas of Optimization
(51:17) "The whole parallel EVM is kind of a meme"
(52:47) Does Sui and Aptos Use Asynchronous Execution?
(54:42) When Mainnet?
(55:07) How Monad Would Think About Incentive Systems?
(57:51) Ranking Ethereum Layer 2s in Terms of Performance
(01:03:01) The Intern's Favorite Meme Template
(01:04:38) Thoughts About Hyperliquid

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