Monad API Quickstart
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Monad is a high-performance Ethereum-compatible L1. Monad materially advances the efficient frontier in the balance between decentralization and scalability.
Please note that we currently only support the Monad testnet
The Monad API allows interaction with the Monad network through a set of JSON-RPC methods. Its design is familiar to developers who have worked with Ethereum’s JSON-RPC APIs, making it intuitive and straightforward to use.
Send Your First Request on Alchemy
Let’s use the viem package to create a Monad client connected to Alchemy and fetch the latest block number!
Create Client Connected to Alchemy
Now that you’ve created a client connected to Alchemy, you can continue with some basics:
Get Latest Block Number
Get an Address Balance
Read Block Data
Fetch a Transaction by Hash
Fetch Transaction Receipt
Monad APIs
For the full list of Monad APIs, see the Monad API Endpoints.