Aptos Mainnet Launch: Building a Blockchain for Billions of Users

On October 18, the Aptos Blockchain Mainnet officially launched. This marks the birth of a new platform aimed at providing universal and equitable decentralized applications for billions of users. The core concepts of Aptos include scalability, mobile-first, and user-centric experience, which will help bring Web3 to a broader audience.

Scalability

Aptos supports rapid iteration of Blockchain, optimizing user experience for current and future application scenarios, and enabling seamless integration of emerging technologies. With continuous improvement in user experience, developers will be able to innovate freely without infrastructure constraints. Aptos looks forward to a large community of users and builders driving the future development of the platform.

Move Language Integration

The Move language has been collaboratively designed, developed, and tested with the Aptos blockchain for four years. It is designed for secure asset management and fast, efficient transaction execution. Move and Aptos have created a unique and developer-friendly environment. Move smart contracts are upgradeable, supporting the secure evolution of Aptos applications.

As an important participant in the Move language, the Aptos team is committed to further enhancing the language's functionality, improving security, and expanding the Move community. Many early researchers and developers of the Move language have now joined the Aptos team, and they are eager to continue driving the development of the language.

User-Centric Experience

Aptos' core design principles focus on developer and user experience. Providing simple and relevant experiences for everyone is key to Web3 reaching billions of online users. The Aptos team has experience building world-class security and scalable products for billions of users, combining this experience with rapid innovation capabilities to introduce features such as innovative key recovery, scalable sharding solutions, and an intuitive parallel programming model to enhance user experience.

Key Technological Innovations

The Aptos Blockchain is backed by multiple technological innovations, here are some features favored by developers:

1. Pipeline Transaction Processing: Aptos adopts a pipeline and modular approach to transaction processing, fully utilizing physical resources, improving hardware efficiency, and achieving highly parallel execution. This modular design supports faster and safer version iterations and provides a structured path for the scalability of validators.

2. Block-STM: This is a new type of parallel execution engine built on the principles of software transactional memory and optimistic concurrency control. It allows developers to code without restrictions, maintaining composability while achieving higher throughput and lower latency.

3. AptosBFT Consensus: Aptos uses the latest version of AptosBFT, which is the first production-grade optimistic response BFT consensus protocol. It typically requires only two network round trips to reach consensus and dynamically adapts to validator errors through a leader reputation mechanism.

4. Flexible State Synchronization: Aptos provides flexible state replication strategies for different hardware environments, adapting to various user needs, offering efficient synchronization solutions for low-config machines, while providing higher levels of validation for high-performance devices.

The New Home of Web3

Aptos uniquely combines a focus on user experience, scalability, and cutting-edge technology, making it an ideal platform for developers to build the next generation of applications. Currently, Aptos has a thriving ecosystem consisting of hundreds of projects and hundreds of thousands of community members.

Aptos supports a variety of application scenarios, including NFTs, games, commerce, social networks, and media entertainment. As the ecosystem continues to develop, we look forward to seeing more innovative and valuable applications emerge on Aptos, redefining industries and creating real value for users.