Aptos 2022 Summary

Original title: "Aptos 2022 End-of-Year Community Update

Translation: AptosGlobal

Let's summarize the amazing victories across the Aptos network!

2022 - A year of growth and change across the Web3 space, a year of strengthening our community and deepening our foundations. 2022 is the year Aptos enters the mainnet, launching daily cryptocurrency adoption through better user experience, speed at scale, and security.

It's been an amazing journey this year: we started with the inception of Aptos, launched 4 test networks to prove the speed, security and reliability of the network, and launched the main network within a year! All this within a year.

2022 is the Fall of Aptos and we can't wait to see what the 2023 season brings. In 2023, Aptos will drive use cases for Web3 in social, gaming, NFT and DeFi that will turn heads and change minds.

Let's take a look back at the unforgettable moments, memories and milestones that defined Aptos in 2022.

The road to the main network

Aptos' vision is clear: to make Web3 more meaningful for real-world wants and needs. To address this, the team has delivered the safest and most reliable experience for developers and end users. We will continue to grow the network through 2023.

Deep in the DNA of our technology, the foundational features of Aptos are designed to lead this paradigm shift in Web3. We know that the only way to usher in the next generation of Web3 is to prioritize the user experience for developers and consumers, providing the foundation for creating and implementing new standards for go-to applications.

After more than four years of hard work, countless contributions from builders, and hundreds of different community projects around the world, the Aptos mainnet went live in October 2022.

The ecosystem came together to support a successful, decentralized launch - there were 102 validator nodes across 22 countries and in 39 cities. The highest equity node had only 2.651 TP3T of equity, all others were evenly distributed.74 node operators worked together to coordinate a smooth network launch. Hundreds of entities joined the network launch, including ecosystem projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, infrastructure, and more.

In the days following the launch, the network showed impressive performance, as expected.

Peak TPS 2.1k

P90 delay 1.1 seconds

Over 10,000 full nodes connected to the main network

By the end of this year, we see over 2,900 cumulative full nodes running on a decentralized network! That's our goal.

The journey to the main web should be celebrated too! Aptos Blockchain and the Move language have been battle-tested and proven for four years to achieve what no one else has - a seamless, enjoyable, and familiar experience for everyday use of Web3.

Aptos is working on the fourth iteration of the AptosBFT consensus protocol, the lowest latency, optimally responsive BFT protocol available. It has a robust on-chain reputation system and a new parallel execution methodology - a key factor in speed to scale.

The Aptos Incentive Test Network (AIT) series consists of three rounds to ensure the launch of a production-ready Aptos mainnet.

IT1: Decentralized Startups

IT2: Pledge

IT3: Governance and escalation

To celebrate our community, Aptos has minted a community-exclusive commemorative Testnet NFT, the Aptos:Zero series! As a token of appreciation, the recipient of the Testnet NFT is the first community member to receive a $APT via Launch Community Airdrop.

Ecosystems and communities

While the technology is outstanding, our true superpower is our unparalleled dedication to ecosystem support and community development.

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The Aptos community is the cradle of developers, and its growth in 2022 sets the stage for amazing opportunities ahead.

In the Aptos community, we are proud to have more than.

4.7k GitHub Stars

2.7k GitHub forks

340k Twitter followers

155k Discord members

Covering more than 35 languages worldwide!

In May 2022, our first hackathon completed amazing projects (AMMs, games, NFT infrastructure, order books, wallets, etc.!) in less than 36 hours! . Hackers from Web2 and Web3 showed how Move on Aptos makes coding for Web3 super easy and efficient (even with zero experience).

The capacity of the talent witnessed shows us that bigger dreams and innovative ideas lie ahead. We know that the "next big idea" is waiting to be born at the next hackathon ...... To make these dreams a reality, we ended 2022 by announcing the launch of the Aptos World Tour, starting in Seoul!

Our inaugural global hackathon series will build on the momentum of the past year and deepen connections across the Aptos community - we can't wait to see the ideas and builds that emerge at Aptos!

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This community isn't just dreaming, they're building. Since the mainnet, more than 50 projects have been launched in the Aptos ecosystem, more than 200 known projects are being built on Aptos so far, and more than 500 projects have applied to the Aptos Foundation to fund projects so far.

Aptos' year-end totals at Dec. 31 were staggering, illustrating Mainnet's strong initial two months of growth.

Cumulative 2.85 million unique addresses

60.66 million cumulative user transactions

520K Cumulative NFT transactions

507 million cumulative APT transfers

The Aptos project is also seeing huge wins! In 2022, the Aptos native wallet reaches over 1.2 million cumulative downloads.The NFT marketplace Topaz shows impressive volumes in 2022: 1,147,575 APT have been transacted in Topaz smart contracts, with 567k unique visitors since the mainnet - in one day there was a 100k peak of unique visitors!

Speaking of NFTs, we've seen over 9,100 different token collections launched on Aptos by 5,735 different creators! These include Aptomingos and Aptimation. projects like Aptomingos and Aptos Monkeys have really taken off in the Aptos community - their first mints have sold out!

All of these projects, including NFTs, tools, DeFi, wallets, and more, have collectively raised more than $50 million. Investments in these programs show the strength and ingenuity of the Aptus community builders over the past year.

Most incredibly, we ended the year on an all-time high: the network hit a new high TVL of about $54 million in December 2022 Only 10 weeks from the main network launch, an amazing milestone that the entire Aptos ecosystem can be proud of!

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In 2022, we're proud to be working with some amazing industry leaders to help move the web forward. Within just a few weeks of the main network launch, we announced our integration with leading Web2 and Web3 programs.

On the infrastructure side, Google Cloud has been running a validator node on the Aptos network since day one on the main network to help ensure a stronger, more secure, and faster ecosystem.GCP and the Aptos Foundation have also co-launched a Community Ecosystem Fund to support Web3 entrepreneurs looking to build consumer applications on the Aptos network.

On the gaming front, Korean AAA gaming company NPIXEL has partnered with Aptos to build their immersive METAPIXEL web3 gaming universe. We are proud that NPIXEL recognizes that Aptos' "groundbreaking performance and reliability provided the perfect network for METAPIXEL to build [their] web3 gaming ecosystem." aptos is excited to deliver the fastest, most seamless gaming experience to its millions of users.

On the payments side, Moonpay integrated the Petra wallet for fiat to APT on-boarding. This is a huge win for mainstream user adoption, providing frictionless Web3 onboarding for hundreds of thousands of users.

For creators, Livepeer's integration with Aptos expands the scope and quality of Web3 creativity through a decentralized streaming service-providing more power to creators!

Cross-industry partnerships with leaders and builders we trust help define Aptos and set us up for even greater success in 2023.

What's next?