Monad is a high-performance, Ethereum-compatible Layer-1 blockchain that aims to combine decentralization with scalability. It eliminates the traditional tradeoff between performance and decentralization by enabling a globally distributed network with minimal hardware requirements, allowing anyone to run a node.

Its architecture introduces major innovations such as MonadBFT consensus for fast and fork-resistant finality, RaptorCast for efficient block propagation, and asynchronous plus parallel execution to maximize throughput. These design improvements deliver up to 10,000 transactions per second with 400ms block times and 800ms finality, all while maintaining full EVM and JSON-RPC compatibility.

Developed by Category Labs in C++ and Rust, Monad’s open-source codebase focuses on software-level optimization rather than hardware dependence. With its live public testnet and support for popular Ethereum tools, Monad offers developers a seamless environment to deploy high-performance decentralized applications.