The Why Behind Monad’s Design w/CEO Keone Hon

On Ep. 60 of Infinite Jungle, Christine interviews Keone Hon, Cofounder and CEO of Monad Labs. They speak about the technology behind Monad, an alternative Layer-1 blockchain. Keone explains the four key optimizations of Monad that will enable the network to scale the transaction throughput of Ethereum by 1,000x. He also explains how Monad is pursuing higher levels of decentralization than its competitors through various design decisions impacting the network’s architecture. Finally, Keone reaffirms that Monad is on track to launch on mainnet early 2025. He talks about what users can expect from Monad post-mainnet launch.

Guests:

Keone Hon, Cofounder and CEO of Monad Labs

X: https://x.com/keoneHD

Show note links:

• https://www.monad.xyz/

Timestamps:

(00:00:54) Why scale blockchains through EVM optimizations?

(00:02:17) Challenges building support for the EVM

(00:10:06) How Ethereum upgrades impact Monad

(00:18:42) Will Monad need to adopt additional scaling techniques for mass adoption?

(00:26:36) What differentiates Monad from its other high throughput EVM competitors?

(00:31:53) When will Monad go live on mainnet?

(00:34:25) How will Monad retain users and engagement in the project post mainnet

launch?

(00:37:12) What is the roadmap for strengthening decentralization on Monad?

This episode was recorded on Friday, October 18, 2024.

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