Founded by developers behind Meta’s Diem blockchain, Aptos' use of a novel transaction ordering method has earned it huge sums from investors.
In the world of smart contract-enabled blockchains—designed for NFTs, DeFi, DAOs, the whole kaleidoscope of blockchain experiments—Ethereum is the OG, but it’s expensive and slow to use.
Solana is the already-aging upstart, faster and buzzier but prone to overpromising and occasionally grinding to a halt.
In 2019, Meta (née Facebook) tried its hand at a blockchain, Libra (subsequently rebranded as Diem), but it was eventually nixed in the face of opposition from regulators.
So the problems remain: How do you build a blockchain that is decentralized, secure, and fast? Is it possible? Inevitably, the successful implementation of one of these variables comes at the expense of another.
Nevertheless, the developers behind Aptos think they have the answer in an experimental transaction-ordering algorithm that is the successor to the Diem...
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