Just Fucking Use Monad
Stop overthinking your L1 choice. You want speed, compatibility, and decentralization. Monad has all three.
| 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.
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.
"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.
Start building
- Read the docs - Everything you need to deploy
- Join the developer Discord - Get help from the team
- Explore the network - See it in action