Move Developer Conference Review: Ecological Prosperity, Bright Future Ahead

The 2024 Move Developer Conference will be held in Shanghai on January 13-14, 2024. This year's conference is themed "A Key Year for the Move Ecosystem," bringing together over 500 industry professionals to discuss the future development of Move technology.

Looking back at 2023, the mainnet launch of Aptos and Sui has kicked off a new journey for Web3 services towards the next billion users. Multiple blockchain networks using the Move language have emerged, and breakthroughs in technologies like AI and ZK have also occurred. Let's review the highlights of the conference and look forward to the future trends of the Move ecosystem.

Move on Sui 2024

Sam, co-founder and CTO of Mysten Labs, reviewed the development history of the Move programming language and looked ahead to future technological directions:

• In 2022-2023, Move achieved three major technological upgrades: object data model, programmable transaction blocks, and dynamic bytes.
• In 2023, the Sui testnet reached 300,000 TPS, with TVL surpassing 20.2 billion USD, proving the security and scalability of Move.
• In 2024, Move will be more user-friendly and compatible, introducing new features such as zkLogin multi-signature.

Building a Move Security Platform Based on Bytecode

Luis, co-founder and CEO of MoveBit, introduced the construction of MoveBit's security facilities:

• Ensure the operational efficiency and detection of the Move project through mobile scanners, analyzers, etc.
• MoveBit is the security audit partner of Aptos and Sui, having completed the first smart contract audit within the ecosystem.
• Demonstrated the application of the Sui Package Verifier, enhancing the reliability and security of smart contract evaluation.

The Journey of Plonk-verifier.move from 0 to 1

zkMove co-founder nanne007 shared the development journey of halo2-verifier:

• halo2 originates from the Zcash team's ZKP algorithm and is upgraded using PLONK.
• Creating halo2-verifier can integrate ZkMove into Move-based blockchains
• Experienced five stages including in-depth understanding, problem-solving, and refining details.
• In the future, we will optimize user experience and expand to other Move chains such as Sui and Movement.

How to Introduce External Assets on Sui Using Move

The founder of omniBTC, Guanghua, analyzed the technical value of Move and Sui in introducing external assets:

• Move has high security and is developer-friendly, Sui has high concurrency and high TPS.
• Sui attracts a large number of bridging tokens into the network through subsidies.
• BEVM provides innovative solutions to transfer assets such as BTC to the Move platform.
• I hope developers will further study the integration paradigm of Sui+Move.

Asset Management Platform on Move

Mole founder Andrew introduced the Move ecological asset management platform Mole:

• Mole is a DeFi protocol for balanced asset management.
• Through mechanisms such as savings pools and yield hedging, a stable pattern of multi-asset management funds is formed.
• Providing users with stable returns, offering flexible assets for projects, and supporting Move's entry into the DeFi space.

How to Achieve Interactivity Between Web2 and Web3 on Sui

Mysten Labs cryptographic engineer Joy Wang shared the principles and applications of zkLogin:

• zkLogin allows users to not have to remember private keys, and the on-chain address remains unchanged.
• Protect user privacy through zero-knowledge proofs, ensuring secure identity verification.
• Broke down the barriers between Web2 and Web3 for on-chain wallet asset verification and management.

Why Move is Suitable for All-Chain Games

Henry Liu, the founder of Obelisk Labs, analyzes the reasons why Move is suitable for full-chain games using the Obelisk project as an example:

• Obelisk Engine is a full-chain game engine based on Move.
• Extremely low trading costs and lower startup costs are technical advantages.
• Supports asynchronous large-scale transaction processing, with costs as low as under 1 dollar for every 10,000 operations.

Exploring Aptos Move Object

Senior Engineer Eric from Alcove introduced the technical advantages of Aptos:

• Aptos uses a parallel transaction engine to improve throughput.
• Leverage the features of the Move language to enhance contract flexibility and security.
• Alcove explores the account ownership model, focusing on object assets.

Programmable Flow Payments on Move

MoveFlow co-founder Troy shared a payment protocol based on Move:

• Support predefined trading rules based on time and events
• Features asset inventory, task rewards, subscriptions, and more.
• Achieve one-to-many asset transfers with low Gas fees
• A complete product matrix will be deployed on Aptos and EVM chains in the future.