What is the Aptos blockchain?

Many people have heard about the two new blockchains, Aptos and Sui. In recent months, the entire information space is only talking about them, many call them the same gem in the Web3 sphere and predict success when launching the leading network.

Basic information about Aptos

Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain that uses the Move programming language. The blockchain has been developed for more than 3 years by a team of 350+ people, including former developers of the Diem blockchain under Novi Financial for Meta, as well as people from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, and other lesser-known companies.

The cryptocurrency promises users increased scalability, reliability, security, and usability. You can read more in their Whitepaper.

Over the current year, more than $350 million has already been invested in it by many large funds and companies, for example, FTX Ventures, a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Three Arrows Capital.

Now, the blockchain is in full swing at the Devnet stage, where Testnets are held, errors are fixed, and planned functionality is added. By the end of the year, the launch of the main network, that is, the Mainnet is expected.

Best NFT marketplaces on Aptos

Topaz is the premiere NFT marketplace, built on Aptos. Many collections have already been released on it, and in just a few days more than 100 projects have appeared there.

On Topaz, you can track upcoming collection drops in this tab. However, we do not know how well this system works, because the list has not been updated there for a long time. Perhaps they have identified the best collections and exhibited them.

In addition, the marketplace accepts a huge number of wallets, including Petra, Martian, and Rise.

Topaz Launchpad is a white-glove experience for artists and community builders who are interested in launching their NFT on Aptos.

This is a kind of filter for admitting projects to the site, created to clearly distinguish between projects that seem like an obvious scam to the market.

BlueMove is the most used marketplace for Aptos collections. The main advantage over the rest is intuitive control, here we can easily switch between testnet and mainnet marketplace (button to the right of Launchpad).

BlueMove also accepts the most popular wallets, so you won't have any connection issues.

There is another marketplace - SOULFFL3, which essentially does not differ from the first two, and just looks a little worse outwardly. You can safely use it; it supports almost all wallets and there are already quite a few collections.

In our opinion, it is better to use the first two marketplaces now, because now they complement each other.

Wallets on Aptos blockchain

Martian Wallet is probably the most famous wallet on the Aptos blockchain, and it is also the most used wallet. First, it is chosen because of the simple interface. In the wallet, you can easily switch between mainnet, testnet and devnet networks.

More than 160 thousand people have subscribed to the wallet's Twitter, and even some bluechip projects on Aptos are subscribed to it.

Pontem Wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet for Aptos, it is less known, but one way or another it is used by a large number of users. According to data from Google extensions, it has been downloaded by more than 100,000 people.

Petra Wallet is one of the most beloved wallets in the CIS community, for some reason, many people prefer it to Martian. Some projects on Aptos directly cooperate with this wallet.

Rise Wallet is a lesser-known wallet, but in one way or another, it can be found on all Aptos marketplaces. In extensions, it has less than 50 thousand downloads and is famous for its not very active Twitter account.

We have presented you the main wallets in the Aptos blockchain, there are many wallets besides them, but they are less publicized and popular.