Just Fucking Use Monad
Stop overthinking your L1 choice. You want speed, compatibility, and decentralization. Monad has all three.
What if your L1 was fast and decentralized?
10,000 transactions per second. Built for scale from day one.
800 millisecond finality. Your transaction is irreversible before you can blink twice.
400ms block time. Monad produces 30 blocks in the time most chains produce one.
How does Monad pull this off?
- Parallel execution. Multiple transactions run at once. Conflicts are detected and handled automatically.
- Pipelined consensus. Nodes agree on order first, execute after. Full block time for both.
- Optimized storage. MonadDb is built from scratch for merkle tries on SSDs. Async I/O, smart caching, the works.
The numbers
Same EVM, same tools, 1000x the performance.
| Metric | Monad |
|---|---|
| Transactions/sec | ~10,000 |
| Block time | 400ms |
| Finality | 800ms |
| Max contract size | 128 kb |
Full EVM compatibility
It's the same fucking thing you already know.
- Same EVM bytecode. Pectra fork compatible. Your Solidity deploys as-is.
- Same RPC API. eth_call, eth_sendTransaction, all of it.
- Same wallets. MetaMask, Phantom, Rainbow. Just change the RPC URL.
- Same tools. Foundry, Hardhat, Viem, Ethers.js. All work.
You don't need to learn a new language. You don't need to rewrite your contracts. You don't need to retrain your team. Just deploy and enjoy the speed.
How the fuck does it work?
Monad isn't magic. It's just good engineering. Here's the gist:
MonadBFT: A new consensus mechanism that solves the tail-forking problem that plagued previous pipelined BFT protocols. Fast, secure, and actually works with 200+ validators.
Parallel Execution: Multiple executors run transactions in parallel. If there's a conflict, it detects it and re-executes. Same deterministic result as serial execution, but way faster.
Asynchronous Execution: Consensus and execution are pipelined. Nodes agree on transaction order first, then execute. This means the full block time can be used for both consensus AND execution instead of cramming both into a tiny window.
MonadDb: A custom storage backend optimized for merkle trie data on SSDs. Async I/O, smart caching, batched updates. The boring infrastructure work that actually matters.
JIT Compilation: Hot contracts get compiled to native code on the fly. Your heavily-used contracts run even faster over time.
"But what about..."
"Is it centralized?"
No. Monad runs on commodity hardware (16-core CPU, 32GB RAM, 4TB SSD). The validator set is globally distributed. Check the validator map. Performance comes from software optimization, not beefy datacenter requirements.
"Do I need to learn a new language?"
No. It's the same fucking Solidity. Same Vyper if you're into that. Same EVM opcodes. Your existing code just works.
"Is it an L2?"
No. Monad is an L1. It has its own consensus, its own validators, its own security. No rollup bridges, no sequencer trust assumptions, no waiting for L1 finality.
"Is it just vaporware?"
No. Mainnet launched November 24, 2025. The code is open source under GPL-3.0. Go read it on GitHub.
Stop fucking around
You want 10,000 TPS with the same developer experience you already know? Here you go:
- Read the docs - Everything you need to deploy
- Join the developer Discord - Get help from the team
- Explore the network - See it in action