Scaling Ethereum with Keone Hon, CEO and Co-Founder of Monad
šNina talks with Keone about his high-frequency trading (HFT) background & the niche industry, the decision to start Monad, Monadās mission of enabling more performant execution of EVM, why Monad is not a roll-up, the Blockchain Trilemma, applying Monad to other use cases outside of HFT, consensus and execution, the four āpipeliningā innovations of Monad, Monadās consensus and validation mechanisms, Monadās approach to transaction costs, view on AppChains, biggest challenges, Monadās roadmap and Keoneās take on what needs to improve in the space.
Keone is the co-founder and CEO of Monad Labs, a team of systems engineers bringing parallel execution and low-level optimization to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Before Monad, Keone spent eight years at Jump Trading building an HFT (high-frequency trading) system that was responsible for tens of billions of daily notional volume in major futures markets. In 2021, Keone joined Jumpās crypto division and led a team of engineers focused on blockchain research and dApp development. Today, Keone aims to fulfil the promise of the EVM and build the future of the internet at Monad.š
Highlights
ā”ļø About Keone
ā”ļø High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
ā”ļø About Monad
ā”ļø Blockchain Trilemma
ā”ļø āPipeliningā Innovations
ā”ļø Consensus
ā”ļø Roadmap & more
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