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The Smart Contract Platform market cap today is $352 Billion, a 2.9% change in the last 24 hours.

Smart contract platforms are usually blockchains that host smart contracts or decentralized applications. Users can interact with different smart contracts on these platforms to perform various actions such as lending and borrowing funds, staking their assets or minting NFTs.

Smart contracts are programs that are stored on the blockchain and are automatically executed when certain conditions are met. To interact with these smart contracts, transaction fees may need to be paid and the amount and asset required will vary based on the platform’s architecture. Usually, the smart contract platform’s native token is used to pay for transaction fees. Some popular examples of smart contract platforms include Ethereum, Solana and Polygon.

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Sui is an innovative layer-1 blockchain platform crafted to meet the demands of global adoption, providing a secure, robust, and scalable development environment. Rooted in a unique object-centric data model and fortified by the trusted Move programming language, Sui is engineered to tackle the inefficiencies found in current blockchain frameworks.

In addition to its solid technical underpinnings, Sui places a strong emphasis on user experience, aiming to remove common barriers encountered in blockchain interactions. Through groundbreaking features such as zkLogin, sponsored transactions, and programmable transaction blocks, Sui sets a new standard for user accessibility and friendliness within Web3 applications.

Unique elements of Sui
Sui’s innovative architecture ensures swift transactions with stable fees and high throughput through horizontal scaling. Its object-oriented design offers deep composability for developers, enabling tailored object types with network-wide compatibility. This revolutionizes asset and protocol collaboration, fostering product innovation.

The platform's object-oriented approach dramatically improves transaction processing, enabling parallel execution and faster completion times. Additionally, unique consensus requirements expedite transaction finalization while maintaining stability. Sui prioritizes overcoming Web3 adoption barriers, offering native tools like zkLogin and sponsored transactions for wallet onboarding and fee management.

Move integration into Sui's data model combines innovation with security, mitigating common exploits found in smart contract languages. This empowers developers and users with a secure and intuitive platform, accelerating the evolution of Web3 applications.

About the Sui token
The SUI token serves four primary functions within the Sui ecosystem:
Proof-of-stake participation - Sui implements a delegated proof-of-stake mechanism, rewarding honest behavior by validators and SUI token holders who stake with them.
Gas fee payments - SUI tokens cover gas fees for executing transactions and storing data onchain.
Application utility - SUI is a versatile asset, integral to various applications within Sui’s ecosystem, including decentralized exchanges, lending platforms, gaming, and more.
Governance - The SUI token empowers holders to participate in on-chain voting on significant matters like protocol upgrades and platform changes, shaping the future of Sui.

Additionally, the Sui storage fund ensures fair compensation for validators by distributing stake rewards over time and covering storage costs for previously stored on-chain data. This tokenomic strategy promotes indefinite data storage while maintaining fair compensation for validators, fostering long-term sustainability.
