Stop the excessive production of Layer 2, isn't Block STM fragrant? After three years of waiting, the L chain did not disappoint expectations, and TGE went down on the same day... In fact, since Blast and Merlin, Layer2 has been in a collective predicament. On the contrary, under the slightly niche Aptos Move language and the open-source push of Block STM, Layer1 has become increasingly smooth. Let's sneak in! ⬇️ Once, the Move language based on Rust was considered a niche development language, originally developed for Facebook's Diem project, and few people knew it. Now, @ Aptos' core technology Move language and Block STM have been forked or adopted by multiple chains, supporting half of the encrypted world, which is not an exaggeration. Don't be surprised, let's take a look at a few cases first. ▰ Sei ▰ Monad ▰ Initia Most of these emerging public chains have borrowed or directly forked Aptos' Block STM for parallel EVM to achieve ultra fast block performance. In fact, Block STM has expanded to dozens of projects such as Polygon PoS, Starknet, Flow, etc. By early 2025, Aptos' TVL will grow by 263%, partly due to the ecological feedback brought by these forks. The question is, why don't they do Layer2 instead of using Aptos core technology for "niche languages" to do Layer1? This starts with the technical characteristics of Apots. Simply put, the advantages of Aptos are security, high throughput, and low latency. When programming in Move language, it is a resource oriented model, which treats tokens as resources to prevent re-entry and double spending attacks. What's even more impressive is the parallel execution engine Block STM. EVM's execution logic is queued in order, one by one, which can easily cause congestion. Block STM allows transactions to be executed in parallel, only rolling back when conflicts arise, resulting in super fast speed and ultra-low gas consumption. In 2025, the encrypted world can be said to have entered the post EVM era, with the use of EVM compatible chains and fork Aptos technology becoming the mainstream technological trend. Not only does the new chain do this, Polygon will integrate Block STM into Polygon PoS in 2024; Starknet uses Block STM to optimize Cairo language and conflict detection; BNB Chain's opBNB L2 also integrates Aptos technology, as mentioned in BNB Chain's "High Performance Parallel EVM Roadmap" blog, inspired by Aptos. EVM + Move ， The new trend is abbreviated as VM hybrid mode. / Technology serves the business, and once you understand the technological trends mentioned above, it becomes even clearer to look at Aptos' series of actions. Why is only Aptos boss @ Aver-Ching involved in discussions at the level of congressional hearings? Why did Franklin Templeton's $435 million fund expand to Aptos? Why did BlackRock's BUIDL fund expand to Aptos? Aptos is a model of the next generation Layer1 public chain, providing secure, high-throughput, and low-cost infrastructure in technology, and expanding to multiple public chains to jointly create the Aptos ecosystem; In terms of policies, it is institution friendly, has strong global regulatory adaptability, and supports the rapid development of emerging businesses such as DeFi, RWA, and stablecoins with compliance and pure lineage. To sum up, Aptos' layout in terms of technology and policy has already begun to take shape, and we will observe its changes. / Author: Anymose | A Soft Core Science Popularization Writer This article is for educational purposes only and does not constitute any investment advice. Always remember DYOR!