Lei Yang is a computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his work in distributed systems and blockchains. He is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of MegaLabs, a company developing MegaETH, a blockchain platform focused on real-time performance. ^{[1] [5]}

Education

Lei Yang completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Peking University in 2018 ^[1].

He then pursued graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning his Master of Science in 2020 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2024. At MIT, he was advised by Mohammad Alizadeh and was affiliated with the Networks and Mobile Systems (NMS) Group within CSAIL.

His doctoral research focused on efficient consensus and synchronization mechanisms for distributed systems. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Following Yang's academic work, he co-founded MegaLabs alongside Shuyao Kong, Yilong Li, and Namik Muduroglu and serves as its CTO, leading the development of the MegaETH blockchain ^{[1] [2]}.

MegaETH

MegaETH is an EVM-compatible blockchain that aims to achieve high transaction speeds, targeting 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) with millisecond latency, and describes itself as the "first Real-Time Blockchain".

Its mission is to enable fully onchain, interactive, and sophisticated applications.

The project has received early financial backing from investors including Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Lubin. ^[6]

Research

Yang's research centers on computer network problems within the context of blockchain systems. His work addresses challenges related to achieving efficient consensus and synchronization in distributed environments. Key projects include:

• DispersedLedger: A framework designed for building Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) state machine replication protocols capable of operating effectively on networks with fluctuating conditions ^[1].
• Rateless IBLTs: A family of universal and near-optimal rateless codes developed for reconciling differences between sets of data ^[1].

His research has also investigated the security aspects of blockchain protocols^[1]. His work has received support from the Ethereum Foundation ^[1].

A recent publication, "Permissionless Verifiable Information Dispersal," co-authored with Zeyu Liu, Arthur Lazzaretti, and Ben Fisch, appeared in IEEE SP 2025 ^[1].

Publications

Lei Yang has published research papers in the field of computer science, particularly focusing on distributed systems and networks. His publications are listed on his personal website and indexed on platforms like Google Scholar. ^{[3] [4]}

A recent publication titled "Permissionless Verifiable Information Dispersal" was accepted to IEEE SP 2025 ^[1].