Monad’s mainnet upgrade makes storing data together 98% cheaper

Kwon Crash

Published Sep 4, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC

Source: CryptoSource
- Monad just made reading your own storage 98% cheaper — the MonadTen upgrade charges 8,100 gas for the first cold read on a 128-slot page, then 100 gas for everything else in that page. That's the kind of efficiency Core Dynamics would patent and then bill you for twice. The lesson for devs: pack your data like a hash manifest — contiguous structs and arrays get the discount, hashed junk pays full freight. And no, this isn't hype cargo; the math is on-chain at block 101672712. Real optimization, delivered. Where's my cut?