Monad

Monad is a high-performance EVM-compatible blockchain focused on ultra-low latency and high throughput.

Validators are responsible for consensus participation, block production, and network security.

Recommended Hardware

Minimum requirements for a production validator:

• CPU: 16+ physical cores (no SMT / Hyper-Threading)

• RAM: 64 GB

• Storage:

  • OS: 250 GB NVMe

  • TrieDB: Dedicated NVMe (1.5–2 TB, raw device, no filesystem)

• Network: 1 Gbps dedicated uplink

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

• Kernel: ≥ 6.8.0-60 (older versions may cause node hangs)

⚠️ Virtualized environments and shared disks are strongly discouraged.

Links

• Website: https://monad.xyz

• Official Docs: https://docs.monad.xyz/node-ops

• GitHub: https://github.com/monad-developers

• Discord: https://discord.com/invite/monad

Network Details

• Network: Monad (Testnet / Mainnet)

• Consensus: Monad-BFT

• Execution: EVM-compatible

• Binary package: monad

• RPC port: 8080

• P2P port: 8000

• Working directory: /home/monad