Neon EVM’s Davide Menegaldo on Solana-Ethereum Bridge: Scaling Web3 or Just Another Cross-Chain Hype?
Solana flips Ethereum in daily transactions—again. But can Neon EVM’s bridge actually deliver scalable interoperability, or is this just another ’trust us, we’re decentralized’ pipe dream?
Menegaldo’s team claims their EVM-compatible solution bypasses Ethereum’s gas wars while keeping Solana’s speed. Cynics whisper it’s a band-aid for institutional FOMO.
One thing’s clear: TradFi banks won’t touch this until the SEC blesses it with a 200-page compliance manual.
In this episode, Taka sits down with Davide Menegaldo, a true crypto OG, to explore his journey from Bitcoin maximalism to building infrastructure at Neon EVM, which enables EVM-based dApps to run on Solana.
Davide shares insights on the evolution of blockchain infrastructure, Ethereum’s Layer 2 challenges, Solana’s rapid growth, and the future of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. He also discusses developer onboarding, AI integrations, DeFi composability, and how solana Mobile might bring Web3 to the masses.
Blockcast is hosted by Head of APAC at Ledger, Takatoshi Shibayama. Previous episodes of Blockcast can be found here, with guests like Jeremy Tan (Singapore parliament candidate), Alex Ryvkin (Rho), Hassan Ahmed (Coinbase), Sota Watanabe (Startale), Nic Young (Oh), Jacob Phillips (Lombard), Chris Yu (SignalPlus), Kathy Zhu (Mezo), Jess Zeng (Mantle), Samar Sen (Talos), Jason Choi (Tangent), Lasanka Perera (Independent Reserve), Mark Rydon (Aethir), Luca Prosperi (M^0), Charles Hoskinson (Cardano), and Yat Siu (Animoca Brands) on our recent shows.
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