Aptos chose the prudent approach, while Sui redesigned the Move programming language to make it more suitable for large-scale user adoption.
Author:Angelo.sui
Compiled by: Shenchao TechFlow
Sui vs Aptos: The ultimate showdown of Move blockchain
Although the two blockchains also originated from Meta’s Diem project, their goals and technical paths are completely different. Only one is truly designed for large-scale user adoption.
Who will win, Sui or Aptos?
Core difference: execution model
On the surface, Sui and Aptos have many similarities:
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Both are developed based on the Move programming language;
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Both promise to provide high scalability;
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Both target large-scale application of Web3.
But their transaction processing methods are completely different, which is the key to $SUI’s success.
Parallel execution versus sequential execution
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Sui: Adopt a true parallel execution model, which means thousands of transactions can be processed simultaneously, avoiding network congestion problems.
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Aptos: Using Block-STM technology, although attempts are made to achieve parallel processing, transactions still need to be verified sequentially, which will virtually slow down the overall processing speed.
As a result,$SUI is inherently designed for speed, while $APT still relies on traditional transaction sequencing mechanisms.
Sui’s bottleneck free design
During transaction execution, Aptos relies on packaging transactions into blocks for processing, a mechanism that can easily create performance bottlenecks.
In contrast,$SUI completely abandons the concept of global ordering, allowing transactions without interactions to be executed independently.
There are no bottlenecks, no unnecessary delays, just faster speeds.
Sui is smarter.$SUI introduces a dynamic Gas pricing mechanism, which allows users to avoid paying high fees to compete for preferential trading rights.
$APT follows the traditional Gas model. When the network is congested, users need to pay higher fees to ensure transaction priority.
Sui’s Move programming language has more advantages.Although Sui and Aptos are both developed based on Move,$SUI deeply customized Move to make it an object-based model. This improvement brings the following advantages:
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It is more intuitive for developers and reduces learning costs;
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Improve the execution efficiency of smart contracts;
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Pay more attention to security in design and reduce vulnerability risks.
In contrast, Aptos still follows the original version of Move and lacks targeted optimizations, which makes Sui Better in terms of usability.
NFT and gaming
For NFT and game scenarios, speed, low cost, and high throughput are core requirements.
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Sui The object-centered model of the company enables instant asset ownership changes without the need for complex smart contract logic.
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On Aptos, each asset transfer requires more on-chain computing, which makes NFT interactions slower and more costly.
Therefore, in the NFT and games fields, the technical design of $SUI is more in line with actual needs.
Ecosystem: Organic growth of $SUI
Although $APT has developed rapidly at the time of launch with strong venture capital support, its user adoption rate is gradually slowing down.
In contrast, the growth of $SUI is more natural, mainly due to the following aspects:
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Games and NFT projects prefer Sui to Aptos;
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The adoption rate of the DeFi ecosystem has steadily increased;
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Developer activity has increased significantly and the ecosystem continues to expand.
The hype that real applications are better than venture capitalThis is also the key to the sustainable development of $SUI.
Source:@DefiLlama
Internet activities: $SUI’s overall lead
Although $APT had a higher market value in the early stages,$SUI has surpassed core indicators such as daily trading volume and user engagement:
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Have more real users;
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Attract more developers;
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Internet activities are more active.
Data does not lie, and the performance of $SUI proves its strong potential in practical applications.
Source:@Torero_Romero
The showdown between innovation and imitation
Sui Not just another Move-based blockchain, it has achieved a qualitative leap in design:
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scale-out: Meet future large-scale needs by supporting unlimited growth;
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Native support for games andhigh-frequency trading: Provide optimal support for high-performance scenarios;
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Optimized fee structure and user experience: Make it easy for both users and developers to participate.
Aptos chose a more conservative path, still relying on the traditional L1 mechanism and optimizing only some functions.
Conclusion: Sui is the future of blockchain
Aptos Choose a safe approach, and Sui The Move programming language was redesigned to make it more suitable for large-scale user adoption.
If you focus on the following key points:
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Speed and scalability: Sui is the winner;
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Sustainable Gas Costs: Sui is better;
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games and NFT application: Sui has more advantages;
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Real ecosystem growth: Sui performed even better.
Although $APT performed well,$SUI’s architecture and design are completely different and have stronger potential.
Don’t ignore Sui’s potential
While the market is still debating the transaction volume per second (TPS) data,$SUI has achieved a lead in several aspects:
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Daily trading volume has exceeded @Aptos;
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Attract more top developers and high-quality projects;
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It fully demonstrates the potential of the Move programming language and far exceeds our expectations.
Currently, the market is not fully aware Sui The true value.
Key question: How do you choose?
Are you still sticking to Aptos ‘narrative, or have you turned your attention to real technological innovation?
$SUI is currently the most advanced Move-based blockchain, and I believe this will soon be recognized by more people.
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