Empire MegaETH in 2026 & Ethereum's L2 End Game | Brett DiNovi & Lei Yang
Feb 16, 2026
Brett DiNovi, investor and co-founder focused on ecosystem strategy, and Lei Yang, CTO designing high-performance L2 architecture, discuss MegaETH's 2026 roadmap. They explore why L2s matter, performance vs security trade-offs, latency-driven apps like gaming and HFT, censorship escape hatches, value capture mechanisms, and how to build a self-contained, composable ecosystem with priority access and pricing models.
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Build User-Enforceable Exit Paths
- Design an escape hatch so users can force withdrawals to Ethereum to mitigate censorship risk.
- Ensure your L2 remains bytecode-compatible while optimizing execution for performance.
Security As A Purchased Service
- MegaEth treats Ethereum as a security provider purchased as a service, not a sibling chain.
- They aim to be a self-contained composability-focused ecosystem that minimizes cross-chain reliance.
Builders Vote With Their Feet
- Users flock to hyperliquid-like chains for speed despite centralization because UX and liquidity matter.
- Brett recounts apps migrating to Hyperliquid for fast, profitable experiences.