Evan Cheng co-founded SUI after leading Facebook's Libra project - then threw away everything they built because it wasn't good enough.
In this conversation, he explains why Ethereum and Solana's architecture is fundamentally flawed, what SUI does differently, and why the gap between them may soon be impossible to close.
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0:00 Introduction 1:36 Please Subscribe 2:02 Evan’s Move To New York Explained 3:20 So Much Has Shifted In The Last Year 5:03 How Do You Deal With Unpredictability 6:18 What’s Changed The Most Since Our Last Conversation? 8:59 How Evan Feels About These Changes 10:59 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @KASTxyz 11:40 A One Size Fits All Approach Can’t Work For Every Complex Reason 16:40 Evan’s Realization That Everything Needing To Be Built Differently 18:11 Has SUI Officially Proven This Way To Be Correct 19:22 Considering Tokens Dropping In Value - What Has SUI Proven Despite This 23:10 How Do You Define “Product Market Fit” 24:53 Partnerships: @paradex @zashi_wallet @sumsub 26:05 What Does A Much Bigger Adoption Look Like 28:09 The Difference Between Institutions Understanding But Prolonging & Early Adopters 30:29 The Dynamic Between Institutions & The Chains They Build On 32:06 How Different Is It To Build For An Institutional User vs A Retail User 34:23 Building The “Better” Technology Is Never Enough 37:05 Do All Major Chains Converge Or Specialize 40:00 Partnerships: @Trezor @BitwiseInvest @SuiNetwork 40:57 What Is SUI Doing Differently From Ethereum Or Solana Explained Simply 43:10 An Example Of Assets That Are The Same vs Not The Same 46:11 SUI Didn’t Build Something Limited Like Facebook Libra Or DM, They Built Something Better 48:11 Closing Thoughts
