1/ This is a thread about Aptos and the early-stage projects in the Aptos ecosystem.
Thread Timeline:
Tweet 2-6: Some details and facts about Aptos.
Tweet 7-27: 20 early-stage projects on $Aptos
2/ Let's talk about Aptos,
In simple words, it's a layer 1 blockchain that is focusing mainly on the adoption part by confronting issues such as reliability, safety, and usability.
The team isn't new, you may or may not be surprised to know, that it's ...
3/ the same team that was once working on the controversial project "Diem" (Libra previously) which never saw the light of the day.
Diem was a blockchain-based stablecoin payment system, owned by "Meta" (previously Facebook).
4/ After facing regulatory pressure, Meta had to shut down the operations of the Diem project, the technology assets were later acquired by Silvergate Capital for roughly $182 million.
The ex-Meta employees who were working on the project took ...
5/ on from there and are currently developing the Aptos blockchain with a vision for "large scale adoption".
Aptos is currently in its testing phase with testnet 1 and 2 already over, the testnet phase 3 is currently in the registration phase (until Aug 25).
6/ Checkout this thread to know more about the testnet and how to participate:
Getting on to the projects that are building on the Aptos ecosystem...
Note: None of these should be taken as a piece of financial advice.
7/ 1. Martian Wallet: [ @martian_wallet ]
Martian wallet is a crypto wallet that can be used to manage digital assets and access Dapps on the Aptos blockchain.
21/ 14. Seam Money: [ @SeamMoney ]
It serves as a one-stop shop for passive DeFi users. Actively researching pools and doing due diligence can take time, so their solution reduces the steps necessary to make this happen.
23/ 16. Ultima Protocol: [ @ultimaprotocol ]
They are building a liquidity hub for Aptos.
Link: N.A
24/ 17. Hippo Labs: [ @hippolabs__ ]
They are building a trade aggregator that enables users to find the best trading rates across multiple DEXs in the Aptos ecosystem.
25/ 18.Econia: [ @EconiaLabs ]
Econia is an order book, a fundamental financial tool utilized by financial institutions like stock markets, unlike the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, Econia is open-source and decentralized.
🤏Excerpts from the above article: 1. Testnet 3 will be the last testnet before mainnet. 2. There will be more testnets after the mainnet launch. 3. The selection pool size for AIT3 will be similar to that of AIT2.
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4. In AIT2, there was a total of 225 community nodes spreading across 44 countries and 110 cities. 5. The rewards in AIT2 were as follows:
a. 500 Aptos: To those who were able to meet the full criteria. [Mentioned in the article.]
Some of these are already live on the Optimism $OP, Arbitrum $ARB, and Zksync $ZKS networks.
So let's directly jump into the project list...
1/ 1. Sudoswap:
💈Category: NFT, Marketplace
The Sudoswap AMM is a minimal, gas-efficient AMM protocol for facilitating NFT (ERC721s) to token (ETH or ERC20) swaps using customizable bonding curves.
2/ 🟢Project Status: The public release of sudoAMM was done on Jul 9.
1/ Bear market is the time to Build and research...
Here is a curated list of 28 projects that I found while researching new projects and the best part is that none of these have tokens as they are mostly under development or in their testnet phases, while some have
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a fully functional product.
Before starting with the list, you can follow me here: @its_airdrop
I have already made threads for Dapps on $ZKS, $ARB, and Starknet, just to name a few.
3/ Moving forward with the list...
1. Ceramic Network:
🔠 Category: Data
It's a permissionless data streaming network that lets you store streams of information and ever-changing files directly on the decentralized web - and share updates with anyone in the world.
It's a layer 2 season with airdrops from $OP and bridge such as $HOP.
Now, let's talk about Starkware.
Here is a thread about Starkware, StarkEx, StarkNet, and how to dive into the ecosystem.
About Starkware:
StarkWare develops STARK-based solutions.
STARK or zk-STARK stands for zero-knowledge Scalable Transparent Argument of Knowledge
It enables one party to prove to another party that they know something without the prover having to convey the info itself to prov
their Knowledge.
Starkware currently has 2 products: 1. StarkEx 2. StarkNet
About StarkEx:
To put it simply, it's a layer 2 scalability engine on ethereum mainnet. They are permissioned and tailor-made for the specific needs of a Dapp.