Tempo does not compete with Ethereum. Tempo is a company-run permissioned network with counterparty risk. Ethereum is a public neutral settlement layer. They are not the same.

The Solana x Monad thing is confusing.

The big counter every alt-L1 is going to bring to Mega is "we can do pre-confs too bro"—but that's not the level-up. The level-up is that we can execute tx in the same time as their pre-confs BUT WE CAN ALSO IMMEDIATELY REFLECT THAT TO OTHER USERS. We can do that because we offer 99.999% guarantees that once that tx receipt is given to them (<10ms execution time + distance to sequencer) that it is final. There is ~0 risk of that transaction being forked out. That confidence means that other users can IMMEDIATELY act on that information without worry that it will not be true because of something outside of their control. Instant ecosystem composability. This will happen at a threshold below what is literally possible for chains with consensus. Like, they'd have to redefine physics. So, unless these alt-chains plan to revive Sir Isaac Newton to bring onto the foundation they will be forever disadvantaged against Mega. Here's an example from the same team demonstrating how 2 user perspectives interact. One buying and the other getting their pricing on the curve immediately updated, because that new price is the permanently-new price and not "probably the new price for the next 3s." The wild thing is @problemchild doesn't think this is end state and there is more juice to squeeze for his consumer app. I'm ready to get this stuff on the open for optimizooors to see how far it can be taken