Jeff emphasizes building from first principles, rejecting standard scaling playbooks, and constructing a bespoke L1 because existing chains lack the required performance. This mindset drives Hyperliquid's unique infrastructure and its focus on the right primitives for finance.
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“Infrastructure should be abstracted like AWS, focusing on the right primitives for finance”
“A custom L1 was required to achieve the high‑throughput, low‑latency demands of a global DeFi exchange”