These chains are looking to address what Ethereum and Solana failed to do - the Trilemma challenge.
What’s that?
Every rose has its thorn. And in blockchain, that thorn is called the trilemma - speed, security, decentralisation.
Pick two, they said.
Sui and Aptos said, "Why two?"
They decided to pack all of them together at even faster speeds.
Sui can theoretically process 297,000 transactions per second.
Solana, $SOL the current speed champion? About 65,000.
And fees? Consistently under $0.02.
Aptos is not too far behind. It can achieve 160,000 TPS with parallel processing.
Meaning? Contrary to sequential processing as in Ethereum and similar blockchains, Aptos uses parallel processing where simultaneous transactions are executed first and validated later.
This allows it to decongest the chain and charge lesser fees, making it more scalable than Ethereum and Solana.$SOL
The Numbers Story
Sui: 9.4M active addresses monthly, 7.2B total transactions
Aptos: 8.67M monthly active users, 1.99B total transactions
