Monad Mainnet Is Here: The Fastest EVM Chain Goes Live | Fully Diluted with Messari Research

Nov 10, 2025

In this engaging discussion, Kevin, Head of Growth at Monad, shares insights from his years of work on their revolutionary high-speed, censorship-resistant blockchain. He highlights Monad's impressive 10,000 TPS architecture and the significance of decentralization for long-term crypto value. Kevin dives into use cases for payments and on-chain trading, and elaborates on the team's innovative growth strategies to foster community engagement. With the mainnet launch on the horizon, listeners can expect a vibrant ecosystem and exciting developments from Monad.

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Decentralization Plus Scale Is Core

Monad combines high throughput with decentralization to enable censorship resistance at scale.
Kevin argues this tech makes truly permissionless payments and high-frequency on-chain trading possible.

ANECDOTE

Why Kevin Left For Monad

Kevin recounts preferring Solana for speed and then seeing Monad as even faster and more decentralized, making it a no-brainer.
He invested early and joined the team when they sought their first non-engineer hire.

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Jack's Path From Research To Monad

Jack describes moving from Delphi research to Monad after researching the team and tech and being impressed by Keone's abilities.
He cites early Solana UX frustrations that motivated interest in a faster, more reliable chain.

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Monad is gearing up for one of crypto’s most anticipated launches — a high-speed, censorship-resistant L1 built to merge scalability with true decentralization.

In this episode of Fully Diluted, Dylan Bane and Matthew Nay sit down with Monad’s Kevin and Jack to discuss the tech behind Monad’s 10,000 TPS architecture, how decentralization fits into the next phase of crypto, and what users can expect from day one of mainnet.

We cover the team’s origin story, the challenges of building from zero to a thriving ecosystem, and why Monad believes it’s the endgame architecture for the EVM.

0:00 — Introductions

1:13 — Monad Story & Team

6:51 — Decentralization & Vision

17:02 — Ecosystem & Features

21:00 — Growth & Community

30:03 — Launch & Goals

38:28 — Market Outlook

45:03 — Conclusion

Hosted by Dylan Bane and Matthew Nay of Messari

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