Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails14.2 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 11provisional
Monad
Leads3.83 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 33provisional
VAA finalization
Arbitrumn/aMonadn/a
Arbitrum vs Monad
Arbitrum leads on 1 of 3 shared benchmarks, Monad on 2. Arbitrum wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (24.30 s vs 48.46 s). Monad wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (3.83 s vs 14.2 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (46.03 s vs 18.1 min). Data as of 2026-10-24 UTC.
Arbitrum
Optimistic rollup built on Nitro stack with a fast-finality sequencer. Sub-second block times (~250 ms) via a 250 ms default block interval, far below the 2 s OP Stack convention. 7-day fraud-proof window for L1 finality.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails18.1 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 27provisional
Monad
Leads46.03 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 31provisional
CCIP delivery
Arbitrumn/aMonadn/a
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads24.30 s
- p99
- 26.8 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 1,463
Monad
Trails48.46 s
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 32provisional
LayerZero delivery
Arbitrumn/aMonadn/a
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbitrum | 1.55% | $3.74B | - | - |
| Monad | - | $690.41M | - | - |
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Arbitrumn/aMonadn/a
Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Monad: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Monad are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Monad leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on layerzero delivery, Arbitrum or Monad?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 24.30 s versus Monad at 48.46 s (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on vaa finalization, Arbitrum or Monad?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Monad leads at 3.83 s (provisional) versus Arbitrum at 14.2 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs Monad comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
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How this pair was selected
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.