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Monad
Mainnet since November 2025. An EVM-compatible L1 that executes transactions in parallel, aiming at thousands per second. Its official bridge (built on Wormhole) connects it to Ethereum.
Monad is an EVM L1 whose mainnet opened on 24 November 2025. Ethereum apps run unchanged, while it executes transactions in parallel with 0.4-second blocks, aiming at thousands of transactions per second.
An official bridge built on Wormhole connects it to Ethereum. The chain is less than a year old, so its figures move quickly. Gas is paid in MON.
Monad preserves 100% EVM bytecode compatibility while replacing single-threaded execution with optimistic parallel execution—running non-conflicting transactions across multiple cores simultaneously.
Paired with a custom asynchronous state database (MonadDB) and pipelined consensus (MonadBFT), it targets up to 10,000 transactions per second and 0.4-second blocks without requiring data-center-grade hardware.
| Type | Independent L1 (EVM) |
|---|---|
| Technology | MonadBFT · parallel execution |
| Fees are paid in | MON |
| District weather follows | the market-cap-weighted change of this district’s tokens (MON, EBTC, EARNAUSD) |
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Main tokens on this chain
- 🏦 USDCUSD CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDT0USDT0 (옴니체인 테더)Banks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDeEthena USDeBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USD1World Liberty USD1Banks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 AUSDAgora DollarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 GHOGHOBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDATSaturn DollarBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 MUSDMetaMask USDBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 LVUSDLeverUp USDBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- ⛽ WETHWrapped EtherGas stations (native gas tokens)
- 🎪 APEApeCoinNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 CHOGChogNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🛒 LINKChainlink (오라클)Markets & shops (DeFi tokens)
- 🛒 PENDLEPendleMarkets & shops (DeFi tokens)
A selection of the 36 tokens in the site’s registry for this chain.
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- The Southeastern Harbor Islands: How EVM Sidechains and Alt-L1s Differ from L2 RollupsWhy Polygon PoS, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Sonic, Berachain, Monad, and Kaia share the EVM but run their own consensus
- Modular vs. Monolithic Blockchains: Comparing Ethereum’s Mainland Rollups with High-Speed L1 IslandsHow separating execution, settlement, and data availability compares against doing everything on one layer
- Fighting State Bloat: How Statelessness and Next-Generation State Trees Keep Home Nodes AliveWhy growing account state is harder than historical block storage—and how tiny cryptographic witnesses solve it
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