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

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 Visit our website for breaking news, analysis, op-eds, articles to learn about crypto, and much more: unchainedcrypto.com Thank you to our sponsors! Polkadot Token 2049 Mantle Guests: Keone Hon, Co-founder and CEO at Monad Labs. Jay Jog, Co-founder of Sei Labs. Vijay Chetty, CEO of Eclipse Labs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices