MegaETH has announced that its mainnet will officially go live on January 22, kicking off with a global stress test meant to push the network to its limits and see how it performs under heavy pressure.
Instead of a quiet launch, MegaETH is opening with a large-scale test designed to simulate real-world demand. The goal is to see how the network handles extreme load, fast activity, and high transaction volume before opening it up fully to the public.
According to the team, MegaETH is aiming to process up to 11 billion transactions in just seven days, while keeping fees low and confirmations nearly instant. If successful, this would show that Ethereum-based infrastructure can compete with high-speed blockchains without breaking compatibility with existing Ethereum tools and apps.
MegaETH describes itself as a high-performance execution layer for Ethereum. While Ethereum’s main network focuses on security and decentralization, that approach has often led to slower speeds and higher fees. MegaETH is trying to solve that by focusing specifically on execution speed and low latency.
The project says this kind of setup could support fast-paced use cases like real-time trading, on-chain games, instant payments, low-latency DeFi, and interactive consumer apps that don’t work well on slower networks.
The January 22 launch will be controlled and gradual. At first, only a selected group of users and applications will get access, mainly those that depend on speed and quick response times. During this phase, the team will closely track fees, confirmation speeds, and overall network stability.
Once the stress test wraps up and the data is reviewed, MegaETH plans to expand access step by step, eventually opening the mainnet to the wider public.
Unlike many Layer 2 solutions that focus mainly on lowering transaction costs, MegaETH puts most of its attention on reducing latency and making on-chain activity feel close to real time.
There are still open questions about how well the network will hold up under real demand, how fees behave during peak usage, and how quickly developers adopt it. The upcoming stress test should provide the first real answers.
After launch, attention will be on stability, transaction finality, actual costs, and whether developers start building on the network as access expands.
