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Monad is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed to increase transaction throughput and reduce latency while retaining compatibility with Ethereum applications, smart contracts and developer tooling. Its public mainnet launched on November 24, 2025, with MON serving as the network’s native token.

The network uses Proof of Stake for Sybil resistance together with MonadBFT, a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism developed for fast finality and a large validator set. Monad’s current specifications list a 300 ms minimum block time and approximately 600 ms full finality, while supporting a theoretical throughput of more than 10,000 transactions per second.

Monad’s architecture includes asynchronous execution, parallel transaction execution, JIT compilation, RaptorCast for block propagation and MonadDb for blockchain-state storage. These changes are implemented while maintaining full EVM bytecode compatibility and compatibility with Ethereum’s JSON-RPC API, allowing existing Ethereum contracts, wallets and development tools to work with the network with minimal changes.

Monad also supports native staking and delegation. Validators participate in consensus based on stake weight, while MON holders can delegate tokens through the network’s staking system. Monad mainnet uses Chain ID 143 and can be independently inspected through public explorers including MonadScan and MonadVision.