Tenderly Supports Monad From Day One

We're excited to announce that Tenderly fully supports Monad, the high-performance, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain designed to address scalability and performance limitations and solve the blockchain trilemma. 

With Monad's mainnet live for the public, you can use Tenderly's full-stack infrastructure and developer tooling from day one to build the next generation of Web3 applications at unprecedented scale.

The year of powerful chain launches

With powerful new chains launching to solve the industry's most pressing challenges, 2025 has emerged as a defining year for blockchain infrastructure. Among these, Monad stands out as one of the most promising – a Layer 1 blockchain that maintains full compatibility with the EVM while delivering performance that rivals alternative ecosystems.

Following a successful testnet launch in February 2025 and the announced MON token airdrop to 225,000+ verified users, Monad went live on November 24 at 9 AM ET. The anticipation is palpable with major exchanges like Kraken confirming day-one listing support.

What is Monad?

Monad is a Layer 1 blockchain that maintains full compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing developers to deploy existing Ethereum smart contracts without modification. 

However, its biggest advantage lies in its architecture built from the ground up to support high throughput and low latency, targeting up to 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) with sub-second finality. This performance is achieved through advanced features like parallel execution and a pipelined consensus mechanism known as MonadBFT.

While Ethereum moved from sharding to Layer 2 solutions to address scalability, Monad offers a high-performance Layer 1 alternative. Compared to Solana, which uses a unique runtime and consensus mechanism, Monad provides a familiar environment for Ethereum developers due to its EVM compatibility. 

Here's what sets it apart:

• Parallel execution: Unlike Ethereum's sequential processing, Monad executes multiple transactions simultaneously, significantly boosting throughput.
• MonadBFT consensus mechanism: This pipelined consensus protocol enhances efficiency and reduces communication overhead, contributing to faster block finalization.
• Optimized storage with MonadDB: Monad employs a specialized database layer designed for high-speed transaction processing and efficient state management.
• Deferred execution model: By decoupling transaction execution from consensus, Monad allows for more flexible and efficient processing of transactions.

What's Monad’s advantage?

Monad represents a significant advancement in blockchain technology, offering a scalable and efficient platform for decentralized applications. Its compatibility with the EVM ecosystem, combined with its high-performance architecture, positions it as a compelling choice for developers seeking to build the next generation of Web3 applications.

With $244 million in funding from Paradigm, Electric Capital, and other leading investors, plus a vibrant ecosystem of 280+ projects already building, Monad is ready to redefine what's possible on EVM-compatible chains.

Why build on Monad?

Monad offers compelling benefits for Web3 developers:

• Seamless EVM compatibility: You can make use of existing Ethereum tools, libraries, and wallets, facilitating easy migration of decentralized applications to Monad.
• High throughput and low latency: Monad's architecture supports up to 10,000 TPS and rapid transaction finality, enabling responsive user experiences, supporting high-demand applications, and potentially leading to new, exciting use cases.
• Near-zero gas costs: By increasing network capacity and efficiency, Monad drastically lowers transaction fees compared to traditional EVM chains, enabling you to build DeFi products like orderbooks that are cost-prohibitive on Ethereum.
• Enhanced scalability: The platform's parallel execution model allows for better scalability, accommodating a growing number of users and applications without compromising performance.

Who are industry leaders building with Tenderly on Monad?

Major protocols and infrastructure providers have already committed to Monad, with many teams that use Tenderly's essential tools planning integrations from day one:

Infrastructure giants:

• Uniswap – The leading DEX deploying their V3 protocol on Monad
• Chainlink – Providing critical oracle infrastructure for DeFi applications
• 0x – Live on the testnet, supporting mainnet from Day 1 with their Swap API
• Dune Analytics – Bringing comprehensive onchain analytics to the Monad ecosystem
• Pyth Network – Delivering high-frequency price feeds for derivatives and trading

Monad-native innovation: The ecosystem is also thriving with native applications explicitly built for Monad's unique capabilities:

• aPriori – High-frequency DEX leveraging parallel execution
• Kuru DEX – Order book exchange utilizing 10,000 TPS throughput
• Kizzy – Social trading platform with real-time execution
• Atlantis DEX – Concentrated liquidity protocol optimized for speed
• Fastlane – MEV-protected trading infrastructure
• Talentum – Decentralized talent marketplace
• Omnia – Cross-chain liquidity aggregator

How to use Tenderly's full-stack infrastructure on Monad

Our full-stack infrastructure platform and developer tooling provide everything you need to build, test, and scale on Monad:

• Flexible development and testing infrastructure with Virtual TestNets: Fork Monad's state to safely test parallel execution flows and complex DeFi protocols in isolated environments – perfect for experimenting with Monad's unique performance characteristics. Create multiple test environments simultaneously to validate different scenarios, from high-frequency trading strategies to complex smart contract upgrades, all without spending real MON tokens or affecting mainnet state.
• High onchain scalability with Node RPC: Connect to Monad through our high-performance node infrastructure with 99.99% uptime SLA and sub-100ms latency, ensuring your applications can fully rely on Monad's speed. Our auto-scaling architecture handles traffic spikes seamlessly, whether you're processing 10 transactions or 10,000 per second, with built-in failover and load balancing across multiple geographic regions.
• Full observability and improved efficiency with Tenderly Explorer & Dev Toolkit: Navigate parallel execution with advanced debugging tools that help you understand transaction dependencies, optimize gas usage, and debug complex smart contract interactions. Step through transactions line-by-line to see exactly how Monad's parallel execution affects your code, identify bottlenecks in multi-threaded execution paths, and trace cross-contract calls with full visibility into state changes.
• Transaction previews for greater execution confidence with Transaction Simulator: Preview transaction outcomes before sending them onchain – essential for DeFi protocols, trading strategies, and any application where precision matters at 10,000 TPS. Simulate complex transaction bundles to predict their execution order in Monad's parallel environment, test MEV strategies safely, and validate that your transactions will succeed before committing gas fees.
• Real-time Monitoring of onchain performance: Track contract performance in real time, monitor transaction execution, and set custom alerts for critical events in your high-frequency applications. Get instant notifications when specific onchain conditions are met, with custom code automatically executing as a response to the set conditions.

Start building on Monad with Tenderly

Ready to build on the most performant EVM chain to date? Tenderly is live and at your disposal on Monad, supporting the mainnet from Day 1.

Fork Monad with Virtual TestNets to start building high-performance dapps!