Hyperliquid L1 vs MegaETH

Hyperliquid is a performance‑tuned Layer‑1 that employs HyperBFT consensus—an optimised HotStuff variant—to finalise blocks in 400 ms. Its on‑chain order book matches > 100k orders per second without gas, made possible by an in‑memory state machine replicated across 32 validators. Launched in April 2024, the chain settles $4‑6 billion daily volume in perpetual futures and supports CosmWasm smart contracts for third‑party dApps.

MegaETH is an Ethereum Layer-2 designed as a real-time blockchain, with documentation highlighting roughly 10 ms block times and real-time transaction processing. It keeps the EVM developer surface while redesigning execution, mini-blocks and settlement around low-latency applications. The network uses chain ID 4326 and has MEGA as its associated CoinGecko token.