Sui Concepts Overview

Sui is different than other blockchains. The concepts explored in this section provide a background to the Sui blockchain and Web3 in general.

App developers

Move overview

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

Package upgrades

Sui provides a method of upgrading your packages while still retaining their immutable properties.

Gaming on Sui

Sui offers features like dynamic NFTs, kiosks, soulbound assets, and on-chain randomness, to provide builders with the tools to create immersive, transparent, and fair gaming experiences.

The Move Book

A comprehensive guide to the Move programming language on the Sui blockchain.

Objects

Object Model

Everything on the Sui blockchain is an object, with metadata, type of ownership, and a referencing scheme.

Transfer to Object

On Sui, you can transfer objects to objects in the same way you can transfer objects to addresses.

Cryptography

zkLogin

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

Transaction authentication

Transaction security is arguably the most important feature of a blockchain. Sui provides multiple features to secure your transactions, whether on chain or off.

Tokenomics

SUI tokenomics

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

Gas in Sui

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.

Vesting strategies

If you plan to launch a token on Sui, then you might consider implementing a vesting strategy to strengthen the long-term outlook of your token.