MONI Token

MONI is the flagship MON-20 inscription token — the first ticker deployed on the Monadinals protocol.

What is MONI?

MONI is the first token inscribed on Monadinals. It was deployed at protocol launch to demonstrate the MON-20 standard in practice and to serve as the community's reference token. There is no team allocation, no presale, and no VC backing — MONI is distributed entirely through open, permissionless minting.

Anyone can mint MONI until the total supply is exhausted. The only cost is the 10 MON protocol fee per mint transaction.

Fair launch

MONI has no privileged minters, no pre-mint, and no reserved allocations. The deployer address receives no tokens at deploy time. Distribution is 100% determined by who mints first.

Token parameters

TickerMONI

ProtocolMON-20

Max Supply21,000,000

Per-Mint Amount1,000

Decimals18

Mint Cost10 MON

Minimum mints to exhaust21,000

Deploy inscription

The MONI ticker was registered with the following deploy inscription:

moni-deploy.json

{
  "p": "mon-20",
  "op": "deploy",
  "tick": "moni",
  "max": "21000000",
  "lim": "1000"
}

How to mint MONI

Connect your wallet

Connect any EVM wallet to Monad Testnet (Chain ID 10143) using the button in the top-right corner.

Open the Inscribe panel

Navigate to the Inscribe page and select the Mint tab.

Enter MONI as the ticker

Type "moni" in the ticker field. The UI will confirm the ticker exists and display the remaining supply.

Set the amount

Enter up to 1,000 per mint. Use the Repeat field to send multiple mint transactions in one session (e.g. Repeat 10 = 10,000 MONI at 100 MON total).

Sign and confirm

Approve the transaction(s) in your wallet. Each mint costs 10 MON plus gas. Tokens appear in My Inscriptions once the block is confirmed.

Minting economics

To accumulate MONI at the per-mint maximum, here is the cost breakdown at different quantities:

1 mint (1,000 MONI)10 MON

10 mints (10,000 MONI)100 MON

100 mints (100,000 MONI)1,000 MON

Full supply (21,000 mints)210,000 MON

Gas costs are minimal on Monad due to sub-cent transaction fees. The dominant cost is always the 10 MON protocol fee.

Checking your balance

Your MONI balance is visible in two places:

My Inscriptions page — shows all your MON-20 token balances including MONI
Explorer — search any address or ticker to see current derived balances

Balances update in near real-time as the indexer processes new blocks. There may be a delay of 1–2 seconds between on-chain confirmation and the UI reflecting the change.

Transferring MONI

MONI can be sent to any EVM address using the Transfer operation. Navigate to the Inscribe panel, select Transfer, enter moni as the ticker, specify the amount and recipient address, and sign. The recipient does not need to have interacted with Monadinals before.

moni-transfer.json

{
  "p": "mon-20",
  "op": "transfer",
  "tick": "moni",
  "amt": "5000",
  "to": "0xRecipientAddress"
}

Transfers are irreversible

MON-20 transfers cannot be undone. Once a transfer inscription is confirmed and processed by the indexer, the recipient holds the tokens. Double-check the recipient address before signing.

Future utility

MONI is the foundation token for the Monadinals ecosystem. As the protocol evolves, MONI holders may benefit from:

Marketplace listing priority when the peer-to-peer trading platform launches
Protocol governance participation (under consideration)
Community recognition as early Monad ecosystem participants
Potential integration with other Monad-native protocols

No promises

Future utility is exploratory and not guaranteed. MONI is a community token with no financial backing or utility commitments. Participate at your own discretion.