Met one of the MegaETH founders : @hotpot_dao

I met Bing (Shuyao Kong) on the day of the $MEGA allocation. Since he said he was in Korea, I invited him out for coffee, and though it was a short meeting, we ended up having quite a deep conversation.

Before being a MegaETH founder, Brother Bing was an advisor at Consensys, founder of Hotpot DAO, and one of the early community builders of Ethereum itself — so it was truly an honor and a meaningful encounter.

He seemed to be thinking deeply about the industry’s direction. I told him, from my more speculative retail perspective, whatever insights I could. Interestingly, he was very concerned about community building which I didn’t expect and I mentioned that MegaETH might actually be one of the few projects in Korea that became well-known without spending a single dollar on marketing.

He also shared that he hopes people see MegaETH not just as a blockchain, but as an operating system and through initiatives like MegaMafia, he wants to bring new users into Web3 and build consumer-facing apps with real-world utility. Personally, that aligns perfectly with why I went full-cap lockup on MegaETH, and I sincerely hope those plans materialize beyond words. From what I could tell, there’s a lot happening behind the scenes toward that goal.

After that, we just chatted about life and relationships before parting ways.

The end.