{"id":560253,"date":"2026-09-04T03:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=560253"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:22:17","slug":"monads-mainnet-upgrade-makes-storing-data-together-98-cheaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/monads-mainnet-upgrade-makes-storing-data-together-98-cheaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Monad\u2019s mainnet upgrade makes storing data together 98% cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monad, an EVM-compatible blockchain, activated its MonadTen revision on mainnet at 14:30 UTC on Sept. 2. The MIP-8 upgrade changes how the network charges contracts for reading storage, replacing slot-by-slot warming with groups of 128 consecutive slots.<\/p>\n<p>Monad's <a href=\"https:\/\/monadscan.com\/block\/101672712\">mainnet block 101672712<\/a> measured 8,100 gas to read slot 0, 100 gas to read slot 1 on the same page, and 8,100 gas again at slot 128, the first slot of the next page.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.monad.xyz\/developer-essentials\/changelog\/releases\">official MonadTen release record<\/a> sets activation at Unix timestamp 1788359400. Below that timestamp, MonadNine rules remained in force.<\/p>\n<h2>Storage layout now changes the bill<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/monad-crypto\/MIPs\/blob\/main\/MIPs\/MIP-8.md\">final MIP-8 specification<\/a> defines a storage page as 128 words of 32 bytes each, or 4,096 bytes. The first SLOAD anywhere on a page costs 8,100 gas. Later reads anywhere inside that warmed page cost 100 gas for the rest of the transaction, subject to rollback when a call frame reverts.<\/p>\n<p>Under Monad\u2019s prior schedule, two previously untouched slots each cost 8,100 gas even when they sat next to each other. Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.monad.xyz\/developer-essentials\/opcode-pricing\">new opcode pricing<\/a>, the same pair costs 8,100 gas and then 100 gas if both fall within one page.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_560261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-560261\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-560261\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7.png\" alt=\"Diagram showing Monad MIP-8 charging 8,100 gas for the first storage read in a 4KB page, 100 gas for later reads on that page, and 8,100 gas again at the next page boundary.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/exec-e93085b1-55de-4f82-90df-4551ae4f09f7-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-560261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram shows MIP-8 charging 8,100 gas for each new 4KB page\u2019s first SLOAD, while subsequent warmed slots cost 100 gas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Common Solidity layouts can inherit that discount automatically. Sequential state variables, struct fields, and array elements occupy consecutive slots, so repeated reads are more likely to stay inside a warmed page.<\/p>\n<p>A mapping key generally resolves to a separate, dispersed page, but fields inside a struct stored under that key remain contiguous and can share the page-level discount.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/a-3-8-billion-rwa-recovery-shows-how-quickly-defi-absorbed-the-kelpdao-shock\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Latest $3.8 billion RWA recovery shows how quickly DeFi absorbed the KelpDAO shock<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Hashed or unaligned storage keeps <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/monad\/\">Monad\u2019s existing cold baseline<\/a>. Reads that cross page boundaries still cost 8,100 gas each, while savings depend on how many slots a transaction touches and whether those slots cluster within the same 128-slot boundary.<\/p>\n<p>MIP-8 preserves EVM execution semantics while changing the assumptions used by tooling that builds access lists, storage proofs, or gas estimates. EIP-2930 entries now warm pages, and proof formats must represent the page model. The specification identifies contracts that hardcode storage-opcode gas costs as the main compatibility-risk class.<\/p>\n<p>For developers, the incentive is that data read together is cheaper when it is stored close together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A block-pinned mainnet call reproduced the 8,100-to-100 step-down and showed the cold charge returning at slot 128.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":560283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,46940,77968,37],"tags":[75195],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monad\u2019s mainnet upgrade makes storing data together 98% cheaper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A block-pinned mainnet call 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