Aptos Mainnet Launch Approaching: OKX Web3 Wallet Gets You Ahead of the Curve with the Next SOL
Market cycles shift and sentiment may be low, but exploration of technical innovation in the Web3 world has never stopped. Following the Ethereum merge upgrade, the most important event in crypto technology application for 2022 is about to land:
Aptos mainnet will launch between September 23 and December 22.
Equally noteworthy, OKX Web3 Wallet will be the first heterogeneous multi-chain digital wallet to integrate Aptos mainnet after launch. According to the official OKX announcement, OKX Web3 Wallet will complete integration within 24 hours of Aptos mainnet's official launch.
At that time, OKX Web3 Wallet users will be able to connect to Aptos assets and ecosystem immediately, getting ahead of the game to enjoy airdrop rewards and scoop up quality projects. Meanwhile, OKX Web3 Wallet will also launch Gas airdrops and DEX trading reward activities for the Aptos ecosystem—see future announcements for details.
Of course, Aptos integration into OKX Web3 Wallet means far more than this. With the rise of multi-chain ecosystems and the continuous emergence of numerous quality dApps, the pain point of single wallets being unable to operate across multiple public chains has become increasingly apparent—and OKX Web3 Wallet was born to solve this very problem. Below we address each question one by one.
The Next Solana? Why is Aptos So Hot?
Aptos, hailed as the "new king of public chains," is a star project in the crypto world, often compared by outsiders to "the next Solana." Its core founding team basically spun out from Meta's stablecoin project Libra (later renamed Diem)—many of them were even Meta's technical backbone. Additionally, Solana's former Head of Marketing Austin announced he was officially joining Aptos as Ecosystem Director—an impressive team background.
Building on Libra's technical foundation, the Aptos team developed the new programming language MOVE, which offers greater security than Ethereum's Solidity and will be compatible with the latter in the future, enabling more ETH applications to migrate to the Aptos ecosystem.
Moreover, Aptos has made a series of breakthroughs in consensus mechanism and key security, supports multi-currency Gas fees, and achieved theoretical TPS of up to 160K during testing—higher than Solana's 120K—with trading confirmation time shortened to under 1 second. Currently, over 200 projects are developing and deploying on Aptos testnet, with over 20,000 testnet validator nodes. According to Aptos ecosystem wallet Martian Wallet's official information, their app downloads exceeded 100,000 by late August—a clear sign of its popularity.
With multiple positive catalysts, Aptos has attracted investment from renowned institutions including a16z, FTX Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Binance Labs since its inception, with a valuation of 2.75 billion yuan from institutional funding.
Why Can OKX Web3 Wallet Provide a One-Stop Experience for Aptos and Other Public Chain Ecosystems?
On September 20, Avery Ching, Aptos co-founder and CTO, stated that over 200 projects are currently building on Aptos, with over 70 NFT projects planned to launch. The testnet sees 3.5 million transactions daily, averaging over 40 transactions every 7 seconds. Such heat before mainnet launch shows Aptos truly has momentum to surpass Solana.
The image below lists the 20 hottest projects on the Aptos chain, covering DeFi, NFTs, and wallets, as well as trending concepts like DID and decentralized domains.
For users, facing Aptos's massive ecosystem, rich applications, future diverse and highly attractive airdrops, and new projects with greater growth and value potential—how to capture them all and participate seamlessly is likely no small challenge.
Additionally, the crypto world's dApp ecosystem, while prosperous, is overly fragmented—bringing many troubles. Currently, most crypto wallets are based on a single public chain. For example, Metamask wallet users cannot cross-chain to the Solana public chain to participate in projects, being limited to Ethereum. This inconvenience has plagued users across multiple chains since Metamask's inception. Now, with Aptos mainnet integrating into OKX Web3 Wallet immediately upon launch, this problem is solved for everyone.
Because OKX Web3 Wallet is a heterogeneous multi-chain wallet, you only need OKX Web3 Wallet to directly access all applications in the Aptos ecosystem with one click. You can also seamlessly switch between Aptos and Tron, Solana, EVM, UTXO, Cosmos, and other ecosystems without friction. In short, for heterogeneous multi-chain operations, OKX Web3 Wallet is all you need.
Web3 Entry — How to Use OKX Web3 Wallet?
How to access the smooth and fluid OKX Web3 Wallet? Taking the App as an example:
1) Click to enter the OKX App homepage, then click the Web3 Wallet button at the top:
2) Enter the Web3 Wallet main page, click the personal center button in the top-left corner to enter the settings page:
3) On the settings page, users can enter the wallet management section at the top to complete account setup. During setup, you'll be prompted with a seed phrase—please be sure to save it properly. Additionally, users need to complete wallet password settings in the wallet security section:
4) After completing basic account setup, users can browse specific projects in the wallet to inform their operation choices. Clicking the token option in the middle section will bring up the coin management button.
Entering the coin management page displays mainstream coins. Users can click on specific coins to enter corresponding detail pages for more information, and click the + icon on the right to set favorite coins for real-time display on the main page:
5) At the top of the coin management detail page, click the custom coin button to enter relevant information according to the new page's instructions, parsing coin information that users want to learn about but isn't displayed in the coin management page's asset list.
This feature is suitable for searching for more niche or the latest coins:
6) Click the DeFi button, then click the Explore dApps button to enter the DeFi project library, where you can search or browse specific DeFi projects and click to participate:
7) Click the NFT button, then click the Explore NFTs button to enter the OKX NFT Marketplace and experience one-stop NFT creation, issuance, trading, and data review features:
8) The authorization function is primarily designed to block asset transfers in a timely manner during extreme cases when DeFi projects extract user wallet assets.
Users are reminded to click into the project detail page within the wallet before participating in any specific project, and familiarize themselves with the project background, information, and details before making decisions:
9) The four buttons in the middle of the main page cover four functions: asset transfer out, transfer in, scan to transfer assets, and transaction history query:
When using send and receive functions, users must confirm the transfer coin, network, and address with the counterparty to avoid errors during transfer that could result in asset loss:
10) In the bottom menu bar, click the Swap button to enter the swap page—a feature similar to decentralized exchange functionality.
Users can select the coin they want to sell in the pay field and click the coin they want to receive in the receive field. Note that before trading, you need to confirm the network type and pay attention to miner fees:
Why choose OKX Web3 Wallet? Here are some reasons it's indispensable:
1) Heterogeneous multi-chain: Supports Tron, Solana, EVM, UTXO, Cosmos ecosystem chains—no need to switch between different apps to manage assets on different chains.
2) Unified across three platforms: Available in App, plugin, and PC versions, while most competitors only offer one or two.
3) All-in-one Web3 needs: Built-in NFT marketplace and dApps app store where users can click to complete trading, transfers, viewing, and direct experiences. Additionally, coin information display is more comprehensive, including real-time and historical prices, price trends, contract addresses, and official media.
4) Fast asset trading, convenient wallet management: Built-in DEX functionality—click to enter the trading page for quick coin swaps. Additionally, Web3 Wallet adopts the most comprehensive wallet management methods, supporting both multiple accounts derived from one seed phrase and multiple seed phrases adapted to one account. Currently, competitors only support one or the other.
5) KYT security alerts: OKX Web3 Wallet has integrated the SkyEye KYT system, which has up to 200 million on-chain address labels. When users make wallet transfers or dApp contract transactions, the backend system automatically identifies malicious addresses, suspicious transactions, and other risks. When a trading counterparty has risk address attributes, OKX Web3 Wallet automatically pops up warnings to help users better avoid risks like asset theft and loss. The wallet also provides common fraud cases to improve users' risk awareness.
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