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What is Monad?

Monad is a high-performance Ethereum-compatible L1 that materially advances the efficient frontier in the balance between decentralization and scalability. Monad introduces optimizations in five major areas, resulting in an Ethereum-compatible Layer-1 blockchain with 10,000 tps of throughput, 400ms block frequency, and 800ms finality.

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Key Features

  • MonadBFT: Performant, tail-fork-resistant BFT consensus
  • RaptorCast: Efficient block transmission
  • Asynchronous Execution: Pipelining consensus and execution to raise the time budget for execution
  • Parallel Execution: Efficient transaction execution
  • MonadDb: Efficient state access
  • Full EVM Compatibility: Complete bytecode equivalence for seamless application deployment
  • Ethereum RPC API Compatibility: Familiar interface for users and developers

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Performance Characteristics

  • 10,000 TPS: High throughput for scalable applications
  • 400ms Block Frequency: Fast block production
  • 800ms Finality: Quick transaction finalization
  • Commodity Hardware: Designed to run on standard hardware

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Architecture

Monad is designed with a focus on performance and scalability. The first Monad client is built by Category Labs and is written from scratch in C++ and Rust. The monad-bft consensus client implementation is open-source under GPL-3.0.

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Testnet

Monad’s public testnet provides developers with a sandbox environment to test and deploy applications before mainnet launch. The testnet supports many leading Ethereum developer tools and infrastructure providers.

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Data on Dune

Raw Data

Access to raw blockchain data including blocks, transactions, logs, and traces

Decoded Data

Human-readable contract interactions and events

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Resources

Monad Documentation

Official documentation for developers building on Monad