Why Monad?

Monad isn't just a L1 blockchain—it's the engine that powers OctoSwap's ideal DeFi experience. Its performance, compatibility, low cost, and decentralized architecture allow us to deliver lightning-fast swaps, real-time liquidity management, intuitive interfaces, and innovations all while maintaining the security and openness that DeFi deserves.

Unprecedented Performance

Monad is a high-performance, EVM-native Layer 1 capable of 10,000+ transactions per second with 400ms block times and 800ms finality. This ensures every swap, liquidity change, and point earned on OctoSwap is settled with blazing speed—faster than most centralized exchanges.

MonadBFT Consensus

Built with MonadBFT, a next-generation Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism that achieves speculative finality in just one round (400ms) and full finality in two rounds (800ms). MonadBFT is tail-fork resistant, protecting against MEV attacks while maintaining linear communication complexity that allows the network to scale to hundreds of validators.

Optimistic Parallel Execution

Monad processes multiple transactions simultaneously using optimistic parallel execution, dramatically reducing latency and gas costs. Combined with MonadDB optimization for efficient state access, this makes high-frequency DeFi actions on OctoSwap both practical and affordable.

True Decentralization

Despite its high performance, Monad maintains true decentralization with lightweight node architecture and commodity hardware requirements. The network stays trustless and resilient while delivering enterprise-grade performance.

Full EVM Bytecode Compatibility

Monad's smart contracts run byte-for-byte identical to Ethereum, ensuring OctoSwap integrates seamlessly with existing dApps, wallets, tooling, and developer infrastructure. All your favorite tools work out of the box.