Supra vs. Aptos: The Complete Guide (2025)

How Does Supra Compare to Aptos? Let’s Take A Look 

Supra and Aptos are modern, high-throughput, proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchains designed to address recurring challenges in blockchain technology, such as security, decentralization, and scalability. Both are built with scalability in mind, ensuring the foundation can handle high transaction volumes without needing to rely on Layer-2 or Layer-3 solutions. However, despite having several similarities, each of these chains is actually quite different. In this article, we’ll examine some of the key similarities and differences (as well as pros and cons) of Supra and Aptos, looking at factors including their founders and history, their scalability and performance, use cases, and security. 

Supra vs. Aptos History and Team 

Supra was founded in 2018 by a team including current Supra CEO Joshua Tobkin and current Chief Business Officer Jon Jones. Supra was initially called SupraOracles, as it was primarily focused on developing an industry-leading blockchain oracle solution. However, SupraOracles was rebranded as Supra in 2023 as it re-focused on launching a revolutionary, fully-integrated Layer-1 blockchain with native oracles, verifiable random function services, automation, and trustless cross-chain bridging. The current Supra team includes researchers such as Aniket Kate, a key developer of Ethereum 2.0 and co-creator of KZG Commitments (KZG Polynomial Commitments), otherwise known as Kate Commitments.

Aptos was founded in 2021 by Mohammad Shaikh and Avery Ching to create a more democratized and scalable blockchain network. Aptos was inspired by Facebook’s (now Meta’s) discontinued Diem/Libra blockchain and stablecoin project, with which both Shaikh and Ching were heavily involved. Like Diem/Libra (and Supra), Aptos utilizes Move, the programming language that was initially developed for Diem. Aptos launched its mainnet in October 2022.   

Supra vs. Aptos Scalability and Performance 

Supra launched its mainnet successfully on Nov. 26, 2024. In theoretical conditions, Supra has achieved record speeds of 500,000 transactions per second (TPS), reaching finality in as little as 500 milliseconds. Theoretical conditions generally imply that a blockchain network is not being overloaded and is being tested under ideal scenarios, so theoretical speeds are always higher than real-world speeds. 

While Aptos may have a theoretical capacity of 160,000 transactions per second (TPS), under ideal conditions, real-world factors such as network congestion, node performance, and transaction complexity often result in significantly lower practical figures, like 33,000 TPS in actual usage. Aptos also claims that it can achieve finality in 0.9 seconds. 

According to the Aptos blockchain explorer Aptoscan, Aptos reached a maximum real-world speed of 33,000 TPS on May 25, 2024. In recent months, Aptos has had a significantly lower TPS level. 

Supra vs. Aptos Architecture and Integration

Supra is focused on full integration, enabling a variety of native products to operate seamlessly on its Layer 1. These include Supra’s high-performance oracles, which provide accurate price feeds for a variety of blockchain applications, its VRF service, which is ideal for creating randomized outcomes for GameFi and NFT applications, decentralized, trustless cross-chain bridges, and much, much more. 

Supra is a modular, Layer-1 proof-of-stake network that utilizes a unique consensus mechanism, which enables high transaction output and low latency via parallel execution. Supra’s validators are incentivized through the network’s native $SUPRA token, earning rewards from transaction fees, staking, and block rewards.

Like Supra, Aptos is also a modular, Layer-1, proof-of-stake network. Aptos uses parallel execution through its Block-STM engine to enable high transaction output and low latency. Aptos validators use the network’s native APT token to pay network transaction fees, earn staking rewards, and vote on decisions. 

In addition, Aptos’s modular design allows the network to adapt over time without requiring hard forks, which are radical changes to the blockchain’s protocol. Aptos and Supra’s modularity design allows them to scale up faster and more efficiently with fewer barriers for users and developers. This is because when different elements of a blockchain are separated, each component can be updated at a faster pace. 

Modular blockchains contrast with monolithic blockchains, as modular blockchains are separated into different layers, including different layers for: 

• Consensus: How the nodes come to an agreement upon which data is accurate. 
• Execution: How the blockchain actually processes transactions.
• Data Availability: How and when the necessary data is made available. 
• Settlement: How transactions are made final (i.e., irreversible). 

Due to this separation of responsibilities, modular blockchains are increasingly seen as superior in scalability and flexibility when compared to monolithic blockchains, like Ethereum and Solana. 

Supra vs. Aptos Programming Language 

Supra uses the Move programming language as its’ primary language, which, as previously mentioned, was initially developed for Facebook’s canceled Diem blockchain project. 

Move is a Rust-based smart contract programming language that is widely considered to be more secure than traditional blockchain programming languages such as Solidity (which is typically used for Ethereum and many EVM-compatible blockchains). Notably, Move is designed to prevent vulnerabilities common in Solidity, such as  “reentrancy,” a type of smart contract vulnerability that allows an attacker to repeatedly call a function in a contract before the previous function call is finished. This can trigger unexpected behavior or even allow the attacker to drain funds from the contract. 

Some of the elements of Move that help prevent reentrancy include: 

• Eliminating Interface Calls: Avoiding direct external contract calls, reducing attack surfaces.
• Limiting Visibility: Restricting access to sensitive functions and data.
• Mutability Constraints: Using strict rules to control how and when state changes are allowed.

Move utilizes a special kind of programming logic to make sure that resources, such as tokens or permissions, cannot be accidentally destroyed or copied. This helps make these resources more secure than resources created using other languages. In this way, Move was created to focus more on what data represents (like assets or resources) in contrast to how that data behaves. 

Aptos does not offer native MultiVM compatibility like Supra. Supra’s MultiVM support allows developers to deploy full dApps from other blockchains, such as Ethereum and Solana, without needing to rewrite the code in a different programming language. This capability is unique to Supra, making it easier and more efficient for developers to bring their projects to the platform.

Currently, Supra offers documentation to help developers deploy Aptos Move smart contracts and EVM Solidity smart contracts. Additional documentation is coming soon that will provide developers with the necessary tools and information to deploy SolanaVM (SVM) Rust smart contracts and CosmWasm (Rust) smart contracts, with many more to come soon. 

Like Supra, Aptos uses Move (specifically Aptos Move) as its core programming language, but it does not yet have plans to offer MultiVM support in the near future.  

Supra vs. Aptos Target Use Cases

Supra and Aptos both have a wide array of potential use cases, including DeFi, GameFi, SocialFi, and much, much, more. 

DeFi: 

Supra is poised to revolutionize DeFi through its Proof of Efficient Liquidity (PoEL) protocol, a system of financial programs and incentives to help Layer-1 PoS networks like Supra with native DeFi applications bootstrap capital efficiently. PoEL allows a blockchain to be secured by a diversified set of assets, (instead of a single asset), which is the case with most PoS blockchains today. 

Perhaps most importantly, PoEL allows assets staked in Layer-1’s native automated market maker (AMM) to also secure the Layer-1 network itself, helping liquidity providers submit capital for AMM liquidity and then apply the same capital to support the economic security of the blockchain. 

Supra is also well-equipped to support a wide array of DeFi applications through its state-of-the-art Dynamic Function Market Maker (DFMM) and its cross-chain oracles. 

GameFi: 

Right now, Aptos supports a wide array of DeFi dApps, including BC.Game, Kana Labs, Growfitter, Amnis Finance, and Cellana Finance.

Supra is ready to support a wide array of GameFi applications. Specifically, Supra’s decentralized Verifiable Random Function (dVRF) is ideal for creating randomized GameFi NFTs, randomized rewards for in-game loot boxes and other randomized in-game functions. In addition, since on-chain games often have extremely high storage and data processing needs (particularly for high-fidelity graphics), Supra Containers, which are an alternative to appchains, provide GameFi developer with their isolated blockspace where they can create their own token, and set governance parameters, including gas fees, to best serve their players and their game’s overall ecosystem. 

Currently, Aptos hosts multiple popular GameFi dApps, including STAN, ERAGON, IN — Match3, KGeN, and Growfitter. 

SocialFi: 

Supra is also well-positioned to revolutionize SocialFi with its privacy-preserving dVRF service, which can be utilized to help secure on-chain identities for the next generation of decentralized social networks. 

Right now, Aptos supports several SocialFi dApps, including Chingari, Floc, Galxe, and GARI.  

Other Categories: 

While Aptos currently hosts many live dApps, with its native cross-chain decentralized oracle services, Supra may have the upper hand in certain categories, such as bringing RWAs (real-world assets) on-chain (such as tokenized stocks, bonds, real estate, and fiat currencies), facilitating blockchain-based insurance and logistics protocols, and other enterprise applications. In addition, Supra’s decentralized Verifiable Random Function (dVRF) service may make Supra a superior choice for various on-chain gaming applications, as it can provide provably random outcomes for lootboxes, on-chain lotteries, and randomized NFT traits. 

In contrast, Aptos, as a more established blockchain, already has a significant presence in GameFi, DeFi, DEXs, and other similar types of dApps. However, it doesn’t necessarily have an ideal network architecture to support things like RWAs or enterprise blockchain applications. 

Perhaps the most important difference between Supra and Aptos is that Supra utilizes a native suite of products, including its decentralized oracles, decentralized VRF (dVRF), automation, and trustless bridges. In contrast, Aptos mainly relies on third-party services, such as the Pyth Network for oracles and external cross-chain bridges like Wormhole. These third-party services may cause issues with costs and compatibility. 

In contrast, natively integrated services built into Supra’s L1 can ensure extremely low latency and a higher level of security. 

Supra vs. Aptos Products and Services 

Both Supra and Aptos provide useful products and services for users. 

Some of the key products and services offered by Supra include: 

• Supra Oracles: Supra’s decentralized oracles provide real-time data feeds across almost every major blockchain, enhancing decentralized applications in a variety of verticals, including GameFi, DeFi, and real-world assets (RWAs). Supra is the first blockchain to have its own native oracle service. This oracle service uses a novel “tribes and clans” design, in which large numbers of nodes (“tribes”) are segmented into smaller groups of nodes (“clans”), which are constantly rotated in a randomized fashion. This type of novel node rotation prevents oracle manipulation, which has led to hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars of DeFi thefts, including the notorious theft of $117 million from the Solana-based DEX Mango Markets. 
• Supra dVRF (decentralized Verifiable Random Function): Supra’s dVRF, or decentralized Verifiable Random Function, provides tamper-proof randomness for secure dApps. VRFs are essential for a variety of blockchain applications, such as blockchain lotteries, randomized NFT traits, and GameFi lootboxes, as well as more unique applications, like decentralized reputation systems. However, most VRFs are centralized, which means they can be manipulated by inside or outside actors. In contrast, Supra dVRF is truly decentralized. In addition, Supra dVRF is natively cross-chain, and is currently live on 23 mainnets and 48 testnets. 
• Supra Containers: Supra Containers provide an alternative to appchains like parachains, and Cosmos Zones or L2/L3 solutions, providing developers with isolated blockspace for a single application (or multiple applications, if desired). This allows developers to create their own token economy, setting parameters including token supply and gas fees and gives them complete control over governance. In addition, since Containers are built directly into Supra’s L1, they inherit the full capabilities and performance of the network, including access to native products (like oracles and VRF services) and security features. This includes high-speed transactions (as Supra’s testnet has clocked in at over 500k TPS), sub-second latency, MultiVM support, atomic composability, and the ability to access shared liquidity, as well as a variety of other benefits.
• Dynamic Function Market Maker (DFMM): Supra Dynamic Function Market Maker (DFMM) is a radically advanced automated market maker (AMM) protocol that allows decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to enable faster, easier, and more secure cross-chain trading with less slippage than ever before. Supra DFMM uses Supra’s native oracle price feeds to ensure trading stays safe, decentralized, and (nearly) gas-free. This can help reduce risks for liquidity providers (LPs), while also preventing failed trades and other unfortunate scenarios that are all too common with traditional DEXs. 
• StarKey Wallet: StarKey is the official wallet of the Supra ecosystem. Unlike other custodial wallets, StarKey features Split Key Recovery,  a new wallet recovery method where your cloud, guardians, and local backups always have your back. Split Key Recovery turns your recovery key into 3 unique fragments and helps store each one in a different location across your cloud, a local storage device, and a guardian. Whenever you need to recover your wallet, you need two key fragments with your password. This makes it easy to store your key digitally, while eliminating a single point of failure. 

In comparison to Supra, Aptos isn’t a fully integrated blockchain with a variety of native services, so most services on Aptos are created by external developers. However, Aptos Labs is known for developing Aptos’s semi-official Petra wallet. According to Aptos Labs, Petra “allows users to securely store coins and tokens, collect NFTs, and interface with Aptos.” 

Supra vs. Aptos Security Features 

Both Supra and Aptos are highly secure blockchains, as they both utilize Move as their core programming language, which, as previously mentioned, is generally considered to be inherently more secure than other popular blockchain programming languages, such as Solidity and Rust. 

Supra has the benefit of utilizing advanced cryptographic techniques and a native decentralized Verifiable Random Function (dVRF) to enhance the security of on-chain transactions​. Most importantly, however, Supra’s revolutionary Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) Moonshot Consensus protocol, which allows blocks to achieve deterministic finality, which means they will never be replaced. In addition, as previously touched upon, Moonshot can achieve speeds of more than 500,000 TPS and can reach full finality in as little as 500ms. 

In comparison, Aptos features formal verification of smart contracts, emphasizing security and robustness against vulnerabilities.

Supra vs. Aptos Community Engagement

Both Supra and Aptos have made significant efforts to engage with their community but in somewhat different ways. 

Supra’s community engagement efforts have mainly been digital. Supra’s first main community development effort was Countdown to Blast Off, an exciting, play-to-earn community in which users received major SUPRA airdrops, and could rise up the ranks (earning more SUPRA) by learning more about the Supra ecosystem and referring their friends to participate. More than 500,000 verified users participated in Countdown to Blast Off, earning airdrops worth 400 million SUPRA.  

More recently, Supra announced the Super dApp Showdown, an exciting contest designed to attract talented dApp developers and teams to deploy their applications on the Supra blockchain. The Super dApp Showdown will award promising projects a slice of Supra’s ecosystem fund, currently valued at around $100 million. It will give winners access to Supra’s 500,000 verified users, as well as giving them a chance to get featured on the hit show Killer Whales, with a potential audience of over 500 million people across multiple streaming networks. Other benefits for winners include co-marketing with Supra, mentorship, free services, and introductions to new partners and VCs. 

Supra also has other community engagement and development opportunities, including its Million Dollar Bitcoin DeFi Accelerator, which awards grants worth $1 million in SUPRA to promising Bitcoin Layer-2 projects. 

Aptos also has several digital community engagement and ecosystem development efforts. For instance, the Aptos Foundation awards ecosystem grants (typically worth $5,000 to $50,000) to assist individuals and groups to develop on-chain applications and enhance community functionality. In addition, in August 2024, OKX Ventures and Aptos unveiled a $10 million accelerator fund to support the growth of the Aptos ecosystem. 

In addition to purely digital efforts, Aptos also hosts a variety of real world and hybrid events to foster community engagement and ecosystem growth. These include their recent global hackathon, the Aptos Code Coalition (Aug. 1 to Oct. 15, 2024), as well as their participation in a variety of global blockchain and crypto conferences. 

Supra vs. Aptos Innovation and Roadmap

Both Supra and Aptos have ambitious plans for the future, however, as Supra just launched its mainnet, and Aptos launched over two years ago, only Supra has an easy-to-find and publicly available roadmap. 

Some of the milestones that Supra has already achieved on its roadmap include: 

• Apr. 14, 2023: dVRF ent Live (currently on 23 mainnets)
• Jun. 26, 2023: DORA Went Live (currently on 67 mainnets)
• Jul. 17, 2024: StarKey Wallet Goes Live as Web Extension
• Sept. 20, 2024: MoveVM Testnet Goes Live 
• Oct. 1, 2024: StarKey Wallet Goes Live on Android
• Oct. 7, 2024: StarKey Wallet Goes Live on iOS
• Nov. 26, 2024: MoveVM Mainnet Launch
• Nov. 27, 2024: TGE: Exchange Listing of Supra Token

Future milestones that Supra has announced on its roadmap include: 

Phase 01: The Token Generation

• EVM Testnet: Stability Testing on Foundation Nodes
• Third-Party Bridges: Eth to Supra Bridge, Eth L2 to Supra Bridge Launch
• Swap AMM dApps: Supporting UDST, USDC, wETH, and More

Phase 02: The EVM Expansion

• Integrated EVM Mainnet
• Proof of Efficient Liquidity (PoEL)
• Privacy Polling

Phase 03: The Vertical Integration

• Tribe Clan Architecture in Mainnet with 4 Clans: MoveVM, EVM, DORA, dVRF
• 0-Block-Delay Automation for Move and EVM
• Native Ethereum to Supra Lock & Mint HyperNova
• Random Shuffling of Clans Every Cycle With Class Group DKG

Phase 04: The Containerization

• Containers + Block Space Auctions: On Both MoveVM and EVM
• Dynamic Function Market Maker (DFMM)
• Native Bridges: Eth to Supra Bridge, Eth L2 to Supra Bridge 

Supra vs. Aptos: Where to Buy Tokens 

If you want to participate in the future of either the Supra or Aptos blockchains, you can easily buy their native tokens from several major exchanges. 

SUPRA tokens are currently available on the exchanges Bybit, Gate.io, MEXC, and KuCoin. Currently, SUPRA tokens are not available for purchase by residents of the U.S. 

APT tokens are currently available on a wide array of exchanges, including Coinbase, Binance, OKX, Coinbase, Bithumb, HTC, and Kucoin, as well as a variety of decentralized exchanges. 

Supra vs. Aptos: Which is Better? 

Supra and Aptos are both promising Move-based blockchain ecosystems, but they each have their own pros and cons. 

Supra is significantly newer and faster than Aptos and has the benefit of native, vertically-integrated services, including decentralized oracles, which provide high-speed, low-latency cross-chain price feeds, a decentralized Verifiable Random Function service, a Dynamic Function Market Maker for decentralized exchanges, Supra Containers that work as highly-customizable, independent appchains, and much, much more. Plus, Supra’s revolutionary Moonshot consensus protocol provides users with state-of-the-art security. Supra just launched its mainnet on Nov. 26, 2024, so it also has significantly more room for growth than Aptos, which is already a well-established Layer-1 blockchain. 

In contrast, Aptos is a better-known and more well-established blockchain, with a significantly larger community and many live dApps. However, as we just mentioned, it doesn’t have the speed, fast finality, or security that Supra provides. 

In the end, both Supra and Aptos are excellent blockchains, each with their own benefits, drawbacks, features, and specifications. The great thing is that we live in a multi-chain world, so you don’t have to choose!