{
  "glossary": [
    {
      "slug": "mon",
      "term": "MON",
      "def": "The native coin of Monad. Gas is paid in MON. It has 18 decimals."
    },
    {
      "slug": "wmon",
      "term": "WMON",
      "def": "Wrapped MON, an ERC-20 that converts one for one with native MON through deposit and withdraw."
    },
    {
      "slug": "chain-143",
      "term": "Chain 143",
      "def": "Monad mainnet's EIP-155 chain id, 0x8f in hex. A transaction signed for another id will not land."
    },
    {
      "slug": "monadbft",
      "term": "MonadBFT",
      "def": "Monad's consensus protocol, a pipelined BFT design from the HotStuff family with tail-fork resistance."
    },
    {
      "slug": "raptorcast",
      "term": "RaptorCast",
      "def": "Monad's block propagation layer that erasure-codes block data and spreads it across validators."
    },
    {
      "slug": "monaddb",
      "term": "MonadDb",
      "def": "A custom database for Ethereum Merkle Patricia Trie state, built for asynchronous disk reads."
    },
    {
      "slug": "optimistic-parallel-execution",
      "term": "Optimistic parallel execution",
      "def": "Transactions run in parallel and are re-executed when a conflict with an earlier transaction is detected, so results match serial order."
    },
    {
      "slug": "deferred-execution",
      "term": "Deferred execution",
      "def": "Consensus orders transactions before they are executed, so execution runs alongside the next rounds of consensus."
    },
    {
      "slug": "gas-limit-charging",
      "term": "Gas-limit charging",
      "def": "On Monad a transaction is charged for its gas limit, not only the gas it used. Set a tight limit."
    },
    {
      "slug": "base-fee",
      "term": "Base fee",
      "def": "The protocol-set per-gas price that every transaction in a block pays."
    },
    {
      "slug": "priority-fee",
      "term": "Priority fee",
      "def": "A tip per gas paid on top of the base fee to the block producer."
    },
    {
      "slug": "finality",
      "term": "Finality",
      "def": "The point after which a block cannot be reverted under the protocol's assumptions."
    },
    {
      "slug": "speculative-finality",
      "term": "Speculative finality",
      "def": "A state you can act on before full finality, with a small chance of reversal."
    },
    {
      "slug": "tail-fork",
      "term": "Tail fork",
      "def": "A fork where a leader drops the previous leader's block; MonadBFT is designed to resist it."
    },
    {
      "slug": "mev",
      "term": "MEV",
      "def": "Maximal extractable value: profit a block producer or searcher can take by ordering transactions."
    },
    {
      "slug": "sandwich",
      "term": "Sandwich",
      "def": "A trade placed before and after yours to profit from the price move you cause."
    },
    {
      "slug": "slot0",
      "term": "slot0",
      "def": "The Uniswap-v3-style pool storage slot holding the current sqrtPriceX96, tick and related fields."
    },
    {
      "slug": "sqrtpricex96",
      "term": "sqrtPriceX96",
      "def": "The square root of a pool's price as a Q64.96 fixed-point number."
    },
    {
      "slug": "fee-tier",
      "term": "Fee tier",
      "def": "The swap fee of a concentrated-liquidity pool, in hundredths of a basis point (500 = 0.05%)."
    },
    {
      "slug": "concentrated-liquidity",
      "term": "Concentrated liquidity",
      "def": "Liquidity placed in a chosen price range instead of across all prices."
    },
    {
      "slug": "price-impact",
      "term": "Price impact",
      "def": "How much your own trade moves the pool price."
    },
    {
      "slug": "slippage",
      "term": "Slippage",
      "def": "The difference between the quoted and the filled price."
    },
    {
      "slug": "minimum-out",
      "term": "Minimum out",
      "def": "amountOutMinimum: the smallest output you accept; the swap reverts below it."
    },
    {
      "slug": "approval",
      "term": "Approval",
      "def": "An ERC-20 allowance letting a contract move your tokens up to an amount."
    },
    {
      "slug": "permit2",
      "term": "Permit2",
      "def": "Uniswap's shared approval contract that lets apps use signed, expiring allowances."
    },
    {
      "slug": "lst",
      "term": "LST",
      "def": "Liquid staking token: a transferable receipt for staked MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "aprmon",
      "term": "aprMON",
      "def": "aPriori's liquid staking receipt for MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "smon",
      "term": "sMON",
      "def": "Kintsu's liquid staking receipt for MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "shmon",
      "term": "shMON",
      "def": "FastLane's liquid staking receipt for MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "gmon",
      "term": "gMON",
      "def": "Magma's liquid staking receipt for MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "unstake-queue",
      "term": "Unstake queue",
      "def": "The waiting period between requesting an unstake and receiving MON."
    },
    {
      "slug": "epoch",
      "term": "Epoch",
      "def": "A fixed span of blocks after which validator set and staking changes apply."
    },
    {
      "slug": "validator",
      "term": "Validator",
      "def": "A node that participates in consensus and produces blocks."
    },
    {
      "slug": "agent-vault",
      "term": "Agent vault",
      "def": "A contract that holds funds an agent can act on within rules the owner set."
    },
    {
      "slug": "session-key",
      "term": "Session key",
      "def": "A short-lived key allowed to sign only inside limits the account owner approved."
    },
    {
      "slug": "passkey",
      "term": "Passkey",
      "def": "A WebAuthn credential kept in the device keychain; the private key never leaves the authenticator."
    },
    {
      "slug": "non-custodial",
      "term": "Non-custodial",
      "def": "The service never holds the keys that move your funds."
    },
    {
      "slug": "revert",
      "term": "Revert",
      "def": "A failed transaction whose state changes are undone; gas is still charged."
    },
    {
      "slug": "nonce",
      "term": "Nonce",
      "def": "A per-account counter that orders transactions and prevents replay."
    },
    {
      "slug": "receipt",
      "term": "Receipt",
      "def": "The record of a mined transaction: status, gas used and logs."
    },
    {
      "slug": "mcp",
      "term": "MCP",
      "def": "Model Context Protocol, a standard way for AI clients to call tools and read resources."
    },
    {
      "slug": "a2a",
      "term": "A2A",
      "def": "Agent-to-Agent protocol: agent cards and a JSON-RPC task endpoint for agents to call each other."
    },
    {
      "slug": "entrypoint",
      "term": "EntryPoint",
      "def": "The ERC-4337 singleton contract that validates and executes UserOperations."
    },
    {
      "slug": "useroperation",
      "term": "UserOperation",
      "def": "An ERC-4337 pseudo-transaction submitted by a bundler on behalf of a smart account."
    }
  ],
  "as_of": "2026-10-27T18:19:22.775Z",
  "source": "export",
  "attribution": "Data: MONAF https://monaf.ai",
  "disclaimer": "Alpha · unaudited contract · only deposit what you're happy to lose"
}