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MegaLabs Secures $20M to Develop Lightning-Fast MegaETH Blockchain

Michael Juanico by Michael Juanico
June 27, 2024
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  • MegaLabs, the developer of a new blockchain called MegaETH, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round at a ‘9-figure’ token valuation.
  • MegaETH aims to achieve 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) in real-time by using techniques like a heterogeneous blockchain architecture and a hyper-optimized EVM execution environment.
  • The funding round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Vitalik Buterin, Joseph Lubin, and others, and MegaETH’s public testnet is expected to go live in early fall with the mainnet near the end of the year.

MegaLabs, the developer of a new blockchain called MegaETH, has raised $20 million in a seed funding round at a ‘9-figure’ token valuation, meaning at least $100 million.

JUST IN: MegaLabs has secured $20 million in seed funding to advance its blockchain, MegaETH

Aspiring to process 100,000 transactions per second

The funding round was led by Dragonfly and notable investors like Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

— BlockNews.com (@blocknewsdotcom) June 27, 2024

Funding Details

Dragonfly led the seed round with Figment Capital, Robot Ventures, Big Brain Holdings and others participating, MegaLabs said Thursday. Angel investors including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys founder and CEO Joseph Lubin, EigenLayer founder and CEO Sreeram Kannan, ETHGlobal co-founder Kartik Talwar, Helius Labs co-founder and CEO Mert Mumtaz, Santiago Santos, Hasu and Jordan Fish (aka Cobie) also joined the round.

MegaLabs began raising funds for the seed round last December and closed it in May, co-founder and chief business officer Shuyao Kong told The Block. The round was structured as equity plus token warrants.

On investing in MegaLabs, Buterin said in a statement: “Creating hyper-scalable EVM implementations is a key prerequisite for truly scaling Ethereum. I am excited to see brilliant developers taking on this challenge.”

Overview of MegaLabs and MegaETH

MegaLabs was founded in early 2023 by Kong, a former global head of business development at Consensys, and Yilong Li, who holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.

The idea of the MegaETH blockchain emerged because most Ethereum virtual machine (EVM)-compatible blockchains can only achieve 3-digit transactions per second (TPS), while MegaETH aims to achieve 100,000 TPS, Kong said.

MegaETH dubs itself as the first real-time blockchain with full Ethereum compatibility. Real-time here means MegaETH is capable of processing transactions as soon as they arrive and publishing the resulting updates in real-time, Kong said.

MegaETH uses Ethereum security, Optimism’s fault-proof system and its own optimized sequencer to achieve real-time performance, Kong said.

Specifically, MegaETH’s two key techniques – a heterogeneous blockchain architecture and a hyper-optimized EVM execution environment – help it achieve 100,000 TPS in real time, the project said.

These techniques stand in stark contrast to today’s homogenous architectures which can only utilize less than 1% of the compute capacity of a modern web2 server, it added.

Launch Timeline

MegaETH’s public testnet will go live in early fall with the mainnet expected near the end of the year, Kong said.

When asked if MegaETH’s native token will launch alongside the mainnet, Kong said that decision has yet to be made.

With fresh funding in place, MegaLabs plans to continue building its blockchain, onboard developers and grow its community, Kong said. MegaLabs recently launched a builder program called MegaMafia to help developers around the world co-build with the MegaLabs team and its advisors.

Currently fewer than 20 people are working on MegaETH, and Kong isn’t looking to hire more people.

Disclaimer: BlockNews provides independent reporting on crypto, blockchain, and digital finance. All content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Readers should do their own research before making investment decisions. Some articles may use AI tools to assist in drafting, but every piece is reviewed and edited by our editorial team of experienced crypto writers and analysts before publication.
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Michael Juanico

Michael is a BSBA Management graduate from Mindanao State University and has been a professional content writer since 2019. He began exploring cryptocurrency in 2021 and has since made blockchain and digital assets his primary focus. For nearly four years, Michael has contributed research and editorial content at Aiur Labs and BlockNews, producing clear and accessible coverage of market trends, trading strategies, and project developments. He is transparent about his personal holdings in Bitcoin, TRON, and select meme tokens, combining writing expertise with hands-on market experience to deliver trustworthy insights to readers.

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