How Monad is Superscaling the EVM | Keone Hon, Kevin G

As we gear up for Season 6, this week's episode will be Lightspeed's recent interview with Keone Hon and Kevin G to discuss how Monad is scaling the EVM. Every project in crypto right now is launching an L2 or marketing how their execution environment is better than the EVM. Monad has taken the opposite approach and is building an L1 that leverages the EVM with new optimizations like parallel execution. In this conversation, we discuss Monad's EVM optimizations, the blockchain trilemma, why Monad chose the EVM, how to launch a new L1, modular vs integrated and more! - - Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Monad: A Parallelized L1 Leveraging the EVM 06:01 The Blockchain Trilemma 17:31 Monad’s Optimizations and Remaining Bottlenecks 26:14 Jito Mid Roll 27:18 Permissionless Plug 28:18 Why Choose the EVM and Not Build an L2? 31:13 The Importance of Community 36:20 L1 Fees and Tokenomics 41:58 Could Ethereum Implement Monad’s Optimizations? 43:15 The Blockchain Design Landscape 46:49 Modular vs Integrated 49:10 Crypto’s Most Exciting Sectors 51:54 High Fidelity DeFi 55:21 Go-To-Market Strategy 59:57 Rapid Fire - - Follow Keone: https://twitter.com/keoneHD Follow Kevin: https://twitter.com/zen_llama Follow Mert: https://twitter.com/0xMert_ Follow Garrett: https://twitter.com/GarrettHarper_ Follow Lightspeed: https://twitter.com/Lightspeedpodhq Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/43o3Syk Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3OhiXgV Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3OkF7PD Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/  - - Resources Jito https://www.jito.network/staking/?utm_source=lightspeed&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lightspeed_Q323_1 Monad https://twitter.com/monad_xyz https://linktr.ee/monad_xyz - -  Disclaimers: Lightspeed was kickstarted by a grant from the Solana Foundation. Nothing said on Lightspeed is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mert, Garrett and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.