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:

00:00 Intro
02:02 How Monad got started and its mission from the very beginning
03:46 The features that enable Monad to be a high-throughput blockchain
07:32 Why Monad chose to make a new blockchain instead of an L2
08:36 Why Keone believes that Monad offers the best experience for developers and why he doesn’t like the ‘Ethereum killer’ description
15:48 Monad’s big venture capital raise and how they’ll use the money
17:30 Monad’s strong community
19:21 The next steps for Monad and whether we’ll see a token soon
20:02 What Sei is and the role of the GameStop saga in the creation of it
21:31 Why Jay believes the EVM developer ecosystem is so strong
25:45 Why Sei pivoted from Cosmos to the EVM that led to the launch of its v2
27:14 What allows Sei to be “the fastest chain, even faster than Solana”
33:03 How Sei DB works, and why Jay says that the monolithic approach has many advantages to the modular one
45:35 How Eclipse works by combining Ethereum, Solana, and Cosmos
53:22 How Eclipse deals with the complexities of its modular architecture
54:54 What ways there are to transact in SOL on Eclipse
55:44 Vijay’s reaction to how Eclipse Labs has responded to the allegations against its founder and former CEO Neel Somani
57:21 How Eclipse aims to attract developers
1:01:15 What areas within crypto Vijay expects will flourish on Eclipse
1:03:49 The next steps for Eclipse and when the mainnet could launch

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How to Build the Fastest Onchain Experience With Monad, Sei, and Eclipse - Ep. 694