: : [Crypto/Report] Monad: The Last General-Purpose L1
Written by @c4lvin, @r2Jamong

– Monad is a large-scale experiment that revisits the long-standing thesis of a general-purpose, high-performance blockchain through extreme systems engineering. In an environment where specialized chains and appchains are increasingly dividing responsibilities, Monad is testing whether a single chain can deliver sufficient performance and composability at the same time by jointly optimizing consensus, execution, storage, and network propagation while preserving EVM compatibility.

– The ecosystem was built through a long-term funnel spanning community, founders, testnet, and mainnet, and the focus is now shifting from participation to sustainable…