⛓ Monad: A new EVM, faster than Solana, cheaper than Arbitrum?
The Ethereum world is witnessing a new "performance monster": Monad — an EVM-compatible L1 with the ability to handle 10,000 TPS, finality under 1 second, and fees so low that they're almost negligible.
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🧠 What makes Monad different from other EVMs?
Unlike existing EVM chains (OP, Arbitrum, Avalanche…), Monad is built from the ground up, focusing on:
• Parallel Execution
• High-performance dedicated storage
• New consensus proof: pipelined BFT
→ Still runs Solidity smart contracts, but speeds comparable to Solana, easily scalable.
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📊 Monad's real-world strengths
• 10K TPS with real-world testnet
• Time to finality < 1s
• Extremely low transaction costs, ideal for high-speed DeFi and real-time dApps
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🧩 Who is building on Monad?
Major funds like Dragonfly, Placeholder, Lemniscap have invested.
Mainnet expected in Q4/2025 — but some native DeFi projects are currently being nurtured on devnet right now.
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📌 DYOR – NFA. Monad could be "Solana on EVM" — but the long road ahead has many challenges. Those who believe in "EVM without rollup" should probably keep an eye on it from now on.
