In December 2023, Sei Network joined the “billion-dollar network club” in market cap, as its value doubled and its user count skyrocketed. Sei stood out amongst the crypto natives as it claims to be the fastest Layer 1 out there (yes, even faster than Solana) and the first live blockchain to become a parallelized EVM chain.   Today we have Jayendra Jog, Co-Founder of Sei, to share with us  - How did Sei become the fastest blockchain - What is parallelized EVM and why it's a game-changer - Sei’s roadmap in 2024 - And more!   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice. Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Episode introduction (00:01:04) – What is Sei (00:04:30) – Why is everyone excited for Sei  (00:08:11) – Monolithic vs Modular chains (00:12:10) – Parallelizing transactions vs sequential  (00:20:46) – Solving state bloat with SeiDB (00:27:27) – Expanding beyond Cosmos (00:32:45) – Building on Solana vs Sei (00:35:25) – Does Neon EVM compete with Sei (00:37:19) – Why Sei can’t be forked as a rollup (00:40:50) – Sei vs Monad (00:42:57) – Sei in 2024   More Resources: Guest Jayendra Jog’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jayendra_jog Sei’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeiNetwork   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch’s guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch’s podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about