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Ethereum’s scaling journey has been a battlefield of failed experiments. Each dead end taught us what not to do. But when L2s got easier to launch, iteration slowed. We started optimising within the same box instead of breaking free from it. That’s why projects like Solana, MegaETH, and Monad intrigue me.
Breakthroughs don’t come from playing it safe. They come from tearing apart old assumptions. A Stanford professor spent months measuring EVM performance to identify bottlenecks while the world focused on consensus mechanisms. He found a fundamental data structure flaw that few had questioned.
In a conversation with Shuyao, aka Brother Bing, the co-founder of MegaETH, this technical insight unfolds. It reveals a larger story about rethinking blockchain architecture from first principles.
"We don't try to reinvent the wheel. Ethereum's security, EigenDA's data availability; and combine it with a completely rewritten execution environment.”
A result of this is block times that are just 1-10 milliseconds long.
Why does that matter? Because applications we’ve written off as impossible—high-frequency trading, pay-per-use micropayments, real-time gaming, hyper-efficient DePIN networks—suddenly become viable. When block finality is 12 seconds, an entire category of ideas dies. With MegaETH, they might finally come to life.
Every chain is a civilisation. Ethereum is an old empire rich with ideals and a deep-rooted culture. Solana is the frontier, rapidly expanding, sometimes burning down and rebuilding in the process. MegaETH wants to be a new kind of civilisation—one defined by economic expansion, speed, and a fundamental rejection of artificial bottlenecks.
This isn’t the first time a team has made bold claims in crypto. And most of them have collided with the harsh realities of implementation challenges. What will it be for MegaETH?
The testnet launch is not too far. Will it deliver on its promise? Will it scale not just transactions, but an entire digital civilisation? We will know soon. Enjoy the episode!
Looking forward to quiet price action days,
Saurabh Deshpande
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