Episode Details

Bing and Lei are CoFounders of MegaETH and Enzo is the CoFounder of GTE.

In this episode, we dive into one of the most hyped crypto infrastructure teams launching this year--MegaETH. MegaETH promises to bring Web2 real-time performance to crypto, including high transaction throughput up to 100,000 transactions per second, abundant compute capacity, and millisecond-level response times. We also dig into the insights of GTE's CoFounder on how MegaETH unlocks new possibilities for developers to build and compose the most demanding applications on a high performance network that still settles on Ethereum.

Can MegaETH make Ethereum great again? Tune in to find out!

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Timestamps

0:00 - Intro
5:26 - The MegaETH team
6:50 - What’s GTE building?
8:58 - Why build MegaETH?
16:04 - What’s the connection between MegaETH and Ethereum?
20:02 - What do we give up when we prioritize high performance?
23:48 - Thoughts on “ETH-aligned L2s” and other issues with L2s
29:22 - How will DeFi differ for users on MegaETH?
32:54 - Mantle mid-roll
33:32 - Jumpstarting the MegaETH community
40:02 - MegaETH’s $10M Echo round
42:15 - How is GTE influenced by Hyperliquid?
45:01 - Why would traders choose GTE on MegaETH over Binance?
47:46 - Moonwell & Puffer Finance mid-roll
49:01 - How will builders and users compare MegaETH vs Solana?
52:46 - Is MegaETH Ethereum-aligned? Is it all fugazi?
1:04:34 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► MegaETH website: https://www.megaeth.com/
► MegaETH on X: https://x.com/megaeth_labs
► Bing on X: https://x.com/hotpot_dao
► Lei on X: https://x.com/yangl1996
► GTE website: https://gte.xyz/
► GTE on X: https://x.com/GTE_XYZ
► Enzo on X/Twitter: https://x.com/enzo_gte

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