Aptos is a layer1 project aiming to develop a safe, scalable, and upgradeable Web3 Infrastructure,Aptos team now works independently from the previous Facebook team,they were involved in the development of Libra(Diem)before. APT is the native token of Aptos. Move: Aptos uses Move, a new smart contract programming language that boasts security and flexibility. move was originally developed by Meta to support the Diem blockchain. Parallel processing execution: Aptos utilizes a parallel data model and execution engine to improve execution efficiency. AptosBFT consensus mechanism: Aptos uses a variant of Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) to achieve greater efficiency.