Big news for Monad is that Snowball Labs blockchain infrastructure provider has introduced Modular Naming Service (MNS) to Monad. This is a major move to make high-performance blockchain systems available to the general public.
We’re excited to announce that @snowball_money’s MNS is now live on @monad, bringing human-readable usernames to one of the fastest blockchains ever created.
Now you no longer need to send to an address like 0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc9e7595f0bEb. Instead, simply send it to… pic.twitter.com/RAGKUD1Cz4
— Snowball Money (@snowball_money) February 13, 2026
This integration adds human-readable usernames to the fast Layer 1 environment that exists within Monad, allowing users to identify and send assets using simple identifiers such as @username rather than complex wallet addresses. This move will address a usability gap that has existed for years, despite significant increases in blockchain throughput and scalability.
Addressing usability challenges in high-speed blockchains
Monad is one of the most anticipated blockchain releases in recent years and should offer much better performance levels than previous networks. Its design facilitates parallel execution of transactions and sub-second finality, allowing it to execute 1,000 transactions at a time.
Although these technological advances solve scalability issues, they do little to ease the process of users interacting with blockchain systems. Long hex wallet addresses have been identified as a significant barrier to adoption and have been reported to cause costly user errors, including redirect transfers and phishing-related exploits.
The Snowball MNS layer adds a familiar identity framework to this environment, allowing accounts to be mapped to familiar names that can be reused across different chains.
Monad: Multi-chain identity and payments infrastructure
In the Monad ecosystem, deployment introduces three main elements:
- Modular Naming Service (MNS): This is a cross-chain username system that associates one identity with many blockchain addresses.
- Cross-Identity Payments (CIP): This is a routing model that allows transfers between supported networks without reference to traditional bridging models.
- On-chain risk signals (ORS): A data layer that combines behavioral data to help applications assess transaction risk and compliance requirements.
Collectively, these tools are built on a usable, interoperable, and reliable application layer infrastructure. All of these are frequently mentioned as necessary to use blockchain in the mainstream.
Expanding use cases across finance, DeFi, and digital applications
Monad developers will have access to plug-and-play identity functionality that can be customized to operate decentralized financial markets, game worlds, and token-based asset applications.
In financial applications, username-based accounts could transform stablecoin transfers into a more recognizable experience of digital payments, while easing the onboarding process for new users. Identity-based transactions can reduce cases of fraud in decentralized trading settings maintaining blockchain transparency.
Video games and social apps could also potentially benefit, as the streamlined UX allows them to make in-app purchases more like the mainstream digital economy than if they had to use a separate wallet.
Deployment continues until 2026
Initial features will be identity resolution and username registration, with additional features such as cross-chain payment routing enhancements and advanced analytics to be released gradually through 2026.
Software development kits and APIs are already available to developers to support name resolution and identity-linked payments in decentralized applications running on Monad.
