🚅Why Monad

Decentralization & Performance Without Compromise

As a Monad-native DEX, our mission is to deliver the speed, interactivity, and cost-efficiency users expect from centralized platforms without sacrificing the decentralization and transparency that define DeFi. This is exactly why we chose Monad.

Performance that unlocks new UX

Traditional EVM chains are limited by single-threaded execution and consensus-execution coupling. This restricts throughput and drives up gas fees during peak demand. These become major UX killers for active trading environments.

Monad changes the game with:

• 10,000 tps throughput

• 500ms block times

• 1-second finality

This enables a CEX-like experience with instant trade confirmations, low latency, and negligible transaction costs, even for complex smart contract interactions. For a DEX, that means supporting order books, real-time trading UIs, and power users without breaking a sweat.

Ethereum compatibility, no tradeoffs

Monad is fully EVM-equivalent and bytecode-compatible, meaning:

• All existing Solidity contracts work out of the box

• No changes needed for address formats, signatures, or wallets

This lets us reuse the existing Ethereum DeFi stack while building something fundamentally more performant.

Parallel & pipelined execution: a new architecture for scalable DeFi

Monad introduces parallel execution and superscalar pipelining at the VM and consensus layers:

• Parallel execution means Monad can run multiple transactions across cores while preserving the exact same serial ordering which is essential for DEXs where execution determinism matters.

• Pipelined consensus and execution means validation doesn't block throughput, unlocking much higher gas limits and execution budgets per block.

This architectural shift allows us to build features like:

• Fully onchain matching engines

• High-frequency strategies or social trading without congestion

• Granular analytics and audits, thanks to faster state access and finality

Decentralized, credibly neutral

Most high-performance chains today cut corners: centralized sequencers, geographic constraints, or high hardware requirements. Monad, by contrast, is designed to preserve decentralization:

• Proof-of-Stake & pipelined BFT consensus (MonadBFT)

• Anyone can run a full node with commodity hardware

• Deterministic state transitions and re-execution guarantees

For a permissionless trading venue, this is non-negotiable. It ensures no one can censor transactions, manipulate ordering, or gain unfair advantages.