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| | Solana | Aptos |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Smart Contracts | Rust, SVM | Move, MoveVM |
| Transaction Fees | Low | Low |
| Parallelization | Pessimistic parallelism, need to declare all write accounts | Optimistic parallelism, chain infers write accounts for you |
| Contract Account Support | PDA Account | Object or resource account(encourage to use object instead) |
| Data Storage | Data stored in account owned by programs | Data stored as resource under user account or object |
| Storage Level | Program level | Global when stored under object |
| Storage Mindset | User data stored distributedly under account | User data stored distributedly under object |
| Example Code | Todo list contract on Solana | Todo list contract on Aptos |
| Caller ID | signer | signer |
| Upgradability | Program is upgradable | Module is upgradable |
| Dispatch Type | Static dispatch | Static dispatch |
| FT Standards | Token program | Coin (legacy) and Fungible Asset Standard |
| NFT Standards | Token program | Digital Asset Standard |
| Blockchain Interaction | Solana web3.js library | Aptos Typescript SDK |