In this episode of Blocklayer Podcast, Kenzi Takahashi, Sachi Shiokava, and Diksha Desai sit down with Avery Ching, CTO and Co-Founder of Aptos Labs, for a deep dive into the Aptos ecosystem — and what it really takes to build an L1 with mainstream-scale ambitions.

Avery shares his outlook on the intersection of crypto and AI, walks through Aptos’ fundraising journey, and breaks down the design differences between Aptos and other Layer 1s like Solana and Ethereum. We dig into where Aptos believes it can win: performance, developer experience, and the kinds of consumer-facing applications that demand speed without sacrificing safety.

We also talk about use cases emerging on Aptos today, the realities of adopting the Move programming language (what’s powerful, what’s painful), and the roadmap Avery is most focused on as ...