Deferred Execution Pipeline

Monad decouples consensus from execution to maximize throughput. Track the live progress of blocks through the pipeline.

Consensus Height
580310714
Execution Height
580310713
Finalized Height
580310712
Execution Lag
122.3 ms
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Proposed
Block 580310714
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Executing
Block 580310713
Finalized
Block 580310712

Recent Pipeline Stages

Block Height Consensus Time Execution Time Status
14204102 10:02:11.450 Pending Proposed
14204101 10:02:10.450 10:02:10.510 Executed
14204100 10:02:09.450 10:02:09.520 Finalized

💡 What is Deferred Execution?

In traditional blockchains, nodes must execute all transactions in a block before voting on consensus. Monad separates these processes. Nodes agree on the official ordering of transactions (Consensus) first, and execute them slightly later (Execution). Because the transaction order is already finalized, nodes can execute the block independently at maximum speed without holding up network consensus. The tiny gap between consensus and execution is the "execution lag" (typically < 100ms).