MilestoneAptos2022
Aptos Mainnet Launch
Aptos launched mainnet and introduced a new Move-based L1 to the post-2021 smart contract landscape.
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Key Facts
Peak metricL1 mainnet genesis
OutcomeNew ecosystem onboarding phase began
ChainAptos
Year2022
Typemilestone
Tags
layer1mainnetmove
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