MegaETH Just Had Its Public Sale. Can It Succeed in Building a Web2-Like Experience? - Ep. 942

In this episode of Unchained, Laura Shin interviews Shuyao Kong and Amir Almaimani from MegaETH about their layer-2 Ethereum blockchain focused on high performance and real-time capabilities. They discuss MegaETH's architecture, which uses a new data structure called Salt to reduce latency, and their decision to use a rotating centralized sequencer for censorship resistance. The conversation covers the MegaToken's use cases, including governance, sequencer rotation, proximity markets, and KPI investing, as well as the unique approach to their public sales, designed to involve retail investors in price discovery. They also delve into MegaETH's native stablecoin, USDM, and the MegaMafia accelerator program, which aims to foster novel applications on the platform. The episode concludes with a discussion of the vision for MegaETH's future, focusing on on-chain innovation and onboarding new users to crypto.