Solana ‘Killer’ Aptos Stirs Hype And Sharp Criticism Ahead Of Listings
With Aptos, one of the most hyped blockchains at the moment celebrated its mainnet launch yesterday. Funded by numerous major crypto ventures – such as a16z, Jump Capital, FTX Ventures and Binance – the project has been surrounded by tremendous expectations since its inception and titled “Solana killer”. The project is a spin-off by former […]
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Aptos (APT) has been making the rounds in the crypto spaces on social media for more than two months now. This new network caught the attention of many as the team’s vision for the network was praised. On Monday, October 17th, the project announced that its mainnet had finally arrived ahead of listings on exchanges. However, what would usually be a cause for celebration has drawn doubts from in the community. The Aptos Tokenomics At the start of the week, a good number of centralized exchanges had announced that they would be listing the Aptos (APT) token for trading. These included the....
Solana has already cemented its reputation as one of the largest competitors of Ethereum which had earned it the nickname of ‘Ethereum Killer’. The community has run with this narrative and it has led to a fierce rivalry between the communities behind both networks. However, Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko has actually come forward to debunk […]
Aptos (APT) had been off to a turbulent start last week after launching to much uncertainty in the crypto market. However, the project looks to have found its footing in about a week. Interest in the blockchain has skyrocketed, so the development of various projects has followed. So far, Aptos has taken the fight to […]
Aptos Labs, the firm behind the APT token, has urgently demanded a halt in the listing of the $APT token. This need for the halt came after the Aptos Tokenomics was accidentally revealed. Hence the company has called for a temporary halt in the token listings. Before now, several major crypto exchanges plan to list […]
Aptos’ blockchain claims to handle three times the amount of transactions per second than Solana but day one of its launch saw the network transacting a much lower amount. After four years of development and millions in funding, the layer-1 blockchain Aptos (APT) finally launched its mainnet on Oct. 17, albeit to somewhat mixed reception.The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain has seen millions invested in it from venture capital firms and has previously claimed the ability to process 160,000 transactions per second (TPS).However, some members of the community have pointed out that the claimed....