FP Validated Joins Monad, a High-Performance EVM-Compatible Layer 1, as a Validator

FP Validated has joined Monad as a validator and will contribute to network security, governance, and ecosystem growth across Korea and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

In this article, we explore the core mission and architecture of Monad, why FP Validated decided to participate in the network, and how we view the ecosystem's long-term potential.

For a more in-depth analysis of Monad, please refer to the FP Research here.

If you would like to delegate to FP Validated and contribute to the security and stability of the Monad network, you can stake through the link below.

1. Stake with FP Validated: Delegate MON to FP Validated

1. What Is Monad?

Monad is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed to challenge the assumption that blockchains must sacrifice decentralization or compatibility to achieve higher performance.

It preserves the familiar EVM environment while redesigning the consensus, execution, database, and networking layers to process transactions more efficiently.

Rather than optimizing for a single use case, Monad aims to provide a general-purpose platform where trading, payments, DeFi, RWAs, and other applications can share liquidity and state within one integrated execution environment.

The key features of Monad include:

1. Full EVM Compatibility: Monad supports EVM bytecode and Ethereum RPC interfaces, allowing Ethereum applications to migrate with minimal or no code changes. Developers and users can also continue using familiar tools such as MetaMask and Etherscan.
2. Sub-Second User Experience: Monad offers a designed capacity of up to 10,000 TPS, 300ms block times, and 600ms deterministic finality. Its low latency and near-zero fees make it suitable for applications such as real-time trading and payments, where responsiveness is critical.
3. Performance Without Infrastructure Concentration: Monad is designed to run on commodity hardware rather than relying on specialized machines or validator colocation. Around 200 independent validators across more than 30 countries currently help secure the network.
4. An Integrated General-Purpose Environment: Instead of fragmenting applications and liquidity across multiple purpose-built chains or rollups, Monad seeks to support diverse onchain services within a single high-performance environment. This allows applications to share state and liquidity while preserving the benefits of synchronous composability.

2. How Does Monad Work?

Monad separates consensus, which determines the official ordering of transactions, from execution, which applies those transactions and updates the blockchain state. Once the network agrees on transaction ordering, nodes execute the same ordered transactions in parallel and independently calculate the same resulting state.

Its core architecture consists of the following components:

1. MonadBFT: A leader is selected for each round according to stake weight. The leader proposes a block, and validators evaluate the proposal before sending signed votes to the next leader. Once votes representing at least two-thirds of the network’s stake are collected, they are aggregated into a Quorum Certificate, or QC. This leader-based voting flow avoids the communication overhead of having every validator send messages to every other validator.
2. RaptorCast: Block proposals are divided into erasure-coded chunks and distributed through a two-level broadcast tree. This design uses the combined upload bandwidth of the validator network instead of placing the entire burden on the leader, allowing large blocks to propagate quickly and reliably.
3. Asynchronous and Parallel Execution: Consensus can progress without waiting for the previous block’s execution to finish. During execution, optimistic parallel processing allows independent transactions to run simultaneously. If transactions conflict over the same state, only the affected transactions are re-executed against the corrected state.
4. Role of Validators: Validators take turns proposing blocks according to their stake weight, evaluate proposals from other leaders, and submit signed consensus votes. They also execute transactions in the agreed order and maintain the network’s replicated state. Delegated MON determines voting weight and influences leader selection, making reliable validator operations and broadly distributed delegation essential to Monad’s security and decentralization.

3. Why Is FP Validated Joining Monad Network?

FP Validated sees significant potential in Monad’s ability to scale EVM performance while preserving developer portability, composability, and an open validator network. In particular, we believe a general-purpose blockchain that combines high throughput and low latency with decentralized operation can serve as important infrastructure for real-time onchain trading, payments, and institutional financial applications.

Monad also represents an important test of whether an integrated general-purpose Layer 1 can remain competitive as the blockchain market increasingly shifts toward specialized execution environments. FP Validated aims to support Monad over the long term as it moves beyond technical performance and works to establish sustainable applications and organic network demand.

Our contribution will extend beyond operating reliable validator infrastructure. We also plan to participate actively in research, governance, and broader ecosystem development. By leveraging Four Pillars’ institutional network and deep understanding of Asian markets, we aim to connect the Monad ecosystem with institutions across Asia and contribute to its long-term growth.

4. About FP Validated

FP Validated is Four Pillars' institutional blockchain infrastructure arm, built on the company's research capabilities and extensive infrastructure operating experience. With a deep understanding of the protocols we support, we provide a broad range of services spanning validator operations, governance participation, and secure infrastructure deployment.

Our core infrastructure team brings more than four years of experience at one of Asia's leading blockchain infrastructure companies, where they collectively operated hundreds of networks. Drawing on this experience, we help institutions in Korea and across Asia participate in blockchain networks securely and in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Ultimately, FP Validated aims to become the most trusted blockchain infrastructure partner connecting global protocols with institutions across Asia.