Concepts

Sui operates multiple networks including Mainnet for productionTestnet for stagingDevnet for developing new featuresand Localnet for local development.

Historical data and storage pricing provide insights into the cost of operations on the Sui network.

Overview of the Sui consensus mechanism.

Epochs define time periods on Sui where the validator set remains unchanged. Equivocation occurs when objects are used incorrectly across transactions. Reconfiguration adjusts network parameters at epoch boundaries.

Assets on Suiincluding coins and tokensare types of objectsand can only be used by their owners unless otherwise defined according to predefined logic in a smart contract.

The Sui protocolframeworkand execution engine are frequently extended to include new functionality and bug fixes. The upgrade process ensures all clients use the same source.

The life of a transaction on the Sui network has some differences compared to those from other blockchains.

Programmable transaction blocks are a group of commands that complete a transaction on Sui.

Sponsored transactions let you pay gas fees on behalf of another userreducing onboarding friction for users who don't own SUI.

Sui optimizes coin management by combining multiple coins into a single object to pay for gas fees.

Understanding cryptographic keysaddressesand signatures on Sui. Sui supports multiple cryptography algorithms and primitives with rapid switching between them.

Sui's tokenomics is designed to support the long-term financial needs of Web3. It uses the native SUI token as the currency of the network and to pay for the network's gas fees.

Staking and unstaking SUI with validators earns a percentage of rewards they receive from gas fees.

Moving tokens from one blockchain to another is called bridging. To bridge tokens from another blockchain to Suiyou can use the Sui BridgeWormhole ConnectWormhole Portal Bridgeor ZetaChain.

A Sui transaction must pay for both the computational cost of execution and the long-term cost of storing the objects a transaction creates or mutates.

Move is an open source language for writing safe packages to manipulate on-chain objects.

A Move package on Sui includes one or more modules that define that package's interaction with on-chain objects. Upgrading packages lets you improve code or add features without breaking packages that depend on them.

Recommended Move 2024 best practices for Sui development.

New features are becoming available to Move in 2024. These features are opt-inso existing code will continue to function as expected. If you want to use these features in code you've already writtenhoweverthere are some steps you must take and breaking changes to be aware of to migrate to Move 2024.

Overview of the types of data access mechanisms available in Sui.

The `sui-indexer-alt-framework` is a powerful Rust framework for building high-performancecustom blockchain indexers on Sui. It provides customizableproduction-ready components for data ingestionprocessingand storage.

Use GraphQL to make Sui RPC calls. This feature is currently in Beta.

Sui supports multiple cryptography algorithms and primitiveswhile also defining its own such as public keyssignaturesaggregated signaturesand hash functions.

zkLogin is a Sui primitive that enables you to send transactions from a Sui address using an OAuth credential without publicly linking the two.

Sui supports the passkey signature scheme that enables you to sign in to apps and sign transactions using a private key stored securely on a passkey authenticator. It uses the WebAuthn standard.

Overview of the design aspects of Nautilusincluding its trust model.

On the Sui networkcheckpoints define the history of the blockchain. Checkpoint verification is how full nodes and other clients guarantee their state is exactly the same as the Sui network.

Sui offers features like dynamic NFTsKiosksoulbound assetsand on-chain randomness to provide builders with the tools to create immersivetransparentand fair gaming experiences.

Research papers that are relevant to Sui and that one or more Sui team members have co-authored.