5 More Reasons Why Builders Choose Aptos
And Aptos’ adoption speaks for itself. The latest Electric Capital Developer Report found the number of Aptos developers grew 96%—making it the second-fastest growing developer ecosystem among Layer-1 blockchains. Aptos was also cited among the top 5 ecosystems for new developers, with nearly 2,000 active devs. Here’s why.
1. Unrivaled Speed and Security
Builders on Aptos have continued highlighting the network’s speed and security.
Ramkumar Subramaniam, CEO and co-founder at Jump.trade says: "We've always been focused on scalability and security in the interest of our community, and Aptos has both these superpowers—in addition to being incredibly swift. This is why Aptos was chosen as the chain to augment our super-engaging metaverse cricket game."
Likewise, Thetis Market says, “Choosing Aptos wasn’t just a decision—it was a commitment to speed, security, and scalability.” Thetis cites Aptos’ advantages like its native parallel execution engine for ensuring lightning-fast transactions and Move Prover for keeping user assets protected.
These innate advantages of Aptos helped the network to achieve an industry record for daily transactions across any Layer-1 blockchain—with 325M transactions recorded over a four-day period thanks to the clicker game Tapos.
2. Modular Architecture That Scales
Thanks to Aptos’ parallel execution engine Block-STM, innovative AptosBFT consensus mechanism and Raptr, Aptos’ fully paralleled and pipelined architecture is able to provide sub-second latency with high throughput. Alex Kahn, CEO and co-founder of Econia, summarized the advantages of Aptos’ architecture best:
Beyond its record-breaking performance, Aptos architecture is highly scalable—supporting DeFi projects built on top of the network (or those joining it) in growing quickly while delivering an excellent user experience. Kana Labs, a DeFi suite that has generated an impressive $4B in total volume on Aptos, highlights the importance of scalability and consistent user activity when it comes to scaling its product suite.
Vishwas Bhushan, co-founder at LYNC, echoed, “LYNC isn’t just bullish on Aptos—we’re religiously dedicated to it because of its scalability.”
3. Evolving Ecosystem
In 2024, Aptos set new user acquisition records, solidifying its technical capabilities and ability support massive growth. The Aptos ecosystem expanded to over 330 projects, while monthly active users surged to over 13 million—up from 10 million at the end of 2024.
Avery Ching, CEO and co-founder of Aptos Labs, attributes this growth to the thriving ecosystem on Aptos:
With major DeFi and traditional finance players joining Aptos, so too do their user bases. This growing network empowers DeFi builders and accelerates the creation of tools, like Shinami’s—which enable Aptos developers to build better user experiences with reduced overhead.
4. A Powerful Developer Language
Move, the programming language at the core of Aptos, offers a critical advantage for builders. And builders are about to see a huge upgrade with Move 2—an extension that offers new features and a major upgrade of the MoveVM to enhance cross-chain compatibility with ecosystems like Ethereum and Bitcoin.
Key advantages of Move include its security-first design, scalability and promise of mitigating vulnerabilities like double‑spending.
MoveSpiders also praises the simplicity of Move when creating an app on Aptos:
5. Unique Features
Aptos is the only blockchain that offers features like aggregators for parallel execution, privacy solutions and Aptos’ Fungible and Digital Asset standards.
Another unique feature is secure and instant On-Chain Randomness that ensures fairness and unpredictability for applications like gaming, retail sweepstakes and more.
This feature, paired with unprecedentedly low gas fees on Aptos, helps NFT projects Amaterasu provide users with a gamified experience without having to spend hundreds of dollars on their favorite Japanese animation or artwork.
