Recently, with the airdrop of Movement, the Move ecosystem has once again entered people's field of vision. Aptos and Sui, which are on the same track, have also been on the hot search list. Discussions about Move mainly focus on its security, development efficiency, growth potential, etc. We know that the Move language is a pearl left by Meta (formerly Facebook) in the blockchain industry. For contract development, it has a latecomer advantage and largely makes up for the shortcomings of languages ​​such as Solidity. So how to build a Move public chain?

1. What are the advantages of Move?

As a next-generation contract programming language, Move's technical potential has been greatly underestimated, especially in the field of security. Compared with programming languages ​​such as Solidity commonly used in the Ethereum ecosystem, Move highlights the two points of "security" and "high performance" in logic design.

High security

  • Resource model: The Move language introduces a special resource type to distinguish between assets and ordinary data. This design avoids arbitrary duplication or loss of assets and ensures the security of digital assets.

  • Static analysis: Move contracts are statically analyzed before execution to detect potential security vulnerabilities in advance. This "compile-time" checking can prevent runtime errors better than other smart contract languages ​​(such as Solidity).

  • Modular design: Move emphasizes modular development, clear program logic and resource management, and reduces the risk of errors.

High performance and scalability

  • Parallel execution: The Move language supports parallel processing of transactions, which makes it perform well in high-concurrency scenarios and can improve the throughput of the blockchain.

  • Flexible Virtual Machine (VM): Move's virtual machine design enables it to provide higher performance when processing complex transactions and support more complex application scenarios, especially in the fields of financial transactions, NFT, etc.

  • Lightweight and low resource consumption: Move's operating environment and protocol are streamlined and can be executed efficiently on devices with limited resources, improving the scalability of the blockchain.


As blockchain ecosystem applications are entering a stage of explosive growth, smart contract applications pay more attention to security and high performance. These characteristics are also an important reason why Move has attracted attention recently.

2. How to build a high-performance Move public chain?

When it comes to building blockchains, there are many blockchain platforms on the market, such as OP Stack, Cosmos SDK and other frameworks, which can help developers quickly build a blockchain in a modular form. However, to build the Move blockchain, only Starcoin's StarStack framework can be used. It is the only blockchain framework in the Move ecosystem, and it mainly highlights the characteristics of flexibility, customizability and high performance.

StarStack is a one-click intelligent deployment solution based on the Move language, focusing on high-performance, customizable Layer1 blockchain. Developers can use StarStack to develop blockchain. StarStack is an open source code library with modularity as its core, used to build customized Layer1. Developers can use this code library to start the Move virtual machine and run their own blockchain.

Move language and Move VM

StarStack is a development framework based on the Move language and virtual machine. The underlying framework and smart contracts are written in the Move language, and the virtual machine also uses Move VM. Object-oriented and asset-based programming makes resources extremely transparent in the module, while external calls to the module are completely opaque.

FlexiDAG: High-performance builds

StarStack introduced the DAG structure and combined it with its own innovation to launch FlexiDAG, which upgraded the PoW consensus mechanism and dynamically adjusted the block time, difficulty and block reward. FlexiDAG will speed up the block generation, shorten the transaction confirmation time, and greatly improve the network performance and system efficiency. In addition, key parameters can be dynamically adjusted through the on-chain governance mechanism, making the system more adaptable and flexible.


In StarStack, TurboSTM, a high-performance multi-threaded memory computing engine, is introduced to change contract execution from single-thread to multi-thread. At the same time, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and optimistic locking are used to achieve synchronous data reading and timely updates, which greatly reduces execution bottlenecks and improves transaction throughput. This also makes the network performance have a qualitative leap. According to the official test environment data, the highest TPS can reach 130,000, which is already the ceiling of the industry's public chain.

In StarStack, TurboSTM, a high-performance multi-threaded memory computing engine, is introduced to change contract execution from single-thread to multi-thread. At the same time, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and optimistic locking are used to achieve synchronous data reading and timely updates, which greatly reduces execution bottlenecks and improves transaction throughput. This also makes the network performance have a qualitative leap. According to the official test environment data, the highest TPS can reach 130,000, which is already the ceiling of the industry's public chain.

Move multi-chain compatibility

Recently, Starcoin upgraded to Move v7, which makes it compatible with Move's mainstream ecological applications, allowing developers to easily migrate and deploy their dApps without rewriting the code.

Which teams are Stack suitable for?

In essence, StarStack is a chain-launching framework for the Move ecosystem. Its main users are developers who are optimistic about the growth potential and advantages of Move and are willing to issue Layer 1.

  • Developers and startups: StarStack accelerates the creation process of Layer1 and helps developers without Move language experience to quickly deploy blockchain.

  • Enterprise: With high security, flexibility and scalability, StarStack supports enterprise needs and can realize a customized secure blockchain network. Including consensus mechanism, gas fee, on-chain governance, open permissions, etc., it is highly scalable.

  • Blockchain enthusiasts and small teams: StarStack lowers the technical threshold and provides a cost-effective innovation platform for small teams, suitable for experimental applications.

Summarize

At present, there are relatively few blockchains built on Move. The well-known ones are Aptos, Sui, and Starcoin. Now there is another Movement. It can be seen that the market's understanding of Move is still relatively shallow and the popularity is not very high. But it is undeniable that Move is of great significance to smart contracts. With the launch of StarStack, there will be more Move public chains in the future, just like Layer2 built on OP Stack, which will grow rapidly in the short term. The future of Move is worth our attention.