Aptos Move Security Library Initiative: Building Trusted Infrastructure Standards for Developers
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Aptos Move Security Library Initiative: Building Trusted Infrastructure Standards for Developers
If you're building the future on Aptos, this foundational library will also be yours.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insights1. Background: A Call for New Standards in On-Chain Security
The Problem We See: Module Duplication and Lack of Standards
Following several recent on-chain security incidents across the crypto industry, the entire Web3 community has once again turned direct attention to the long-standing issue of "infrastructure security." While technology continues to advance, we cannot ignore a fundamental reality: without unified standards and auditing mechanisms, every instance of reinventing the wheel at the foundational level could become a potential source of risk.
Move is a language born for resources and security, and Aptos offers developers an excellent chain-level experience through parallel execution and native upgrade capabilities. However, through our collaboration with numerous Aptos projects, we have repeatedly identified a critical gap: the ecosystem lacks a reliable, reusable, and auditable public base module library. Many teams independently implement and maintain components such as permission controls, upgrade systems, and basic utility functions—this not only reduces efficiency but also weakens the overall security of chain-level applications.
Our Response: Joint Initiative by Movemaker and alcove
To address this foundational shortcoming, Movemaker—the official Chinese-language community for Aptos—and alcove, Asia’s first developer organization dedicated to the Move ecosystem, are jointly launching a structured open-source initiative: the Aptos Move Secure & General Purpose Base Library Initiative.
This initiative aims to provide a set of rigorously audited, secure, modular, and easy-to-use standard components for Aptos smart contract development, accelerating the growth and maturity of the Aptos ecosystem. Movemaker has long served the Aptos Chinese-speaking developer community and deeply understands local developers’ practical needs; meanwhile, alcove brings together technical members experienced in low-level Move development, auditing, and toolchain construction, laying a solid foundation for the development and governance of this base library.
The proposal has launched on GitHub and is now open for co-construction by all Aptos developers.
Click below to learn more and submit PRs:
https://github.com/ALCOVE-LAB/aptos-movekit
We will now introduce the goals, mechanisms, and participation methods of this initiative—we hope you won't just be readers, but collaborators.
Redesigning Based on Aptos Innovation
This initiative is a long-term, systematic open-source project targeting the entire Aptos development ecosystem. We are pooling resources, standardizing processes, and building mechanisms with one goal: to create for Aptos a "gold standard library"—widely adopted, trusted, and audited—just as OpenZeppelin serves EVM.
In the EVM ecosystem, OpenZeppelin Contracts have proven effective in enhancing security, accelerating development, and lowering barriers. But we recognize that Move and Aptos are not mirrors of EVM—they differ fundamentally in programming paradigms, account models, state management, upgrade mechanisms, and execution architecture. Precisely because of these differences, Move’s resource-oriented model, bytecode verifier, formal verification support, and Aptos’s parallel execution and native package upgrade mechanism offer us an exceptional opportunity to build a base library with higher security and stronger performance.
Below is the full proposal. We invite every Builder building on Aptos to participate deeply, and encourage you to share this vision for foundational infrastructure.
2. What We’ve Prepared: Funding, Organization, and Mechanisms
· Seed Funding: Movemaker provides initial funding of $200,000 to support:
o Development and maintenance of core modules.
o Professional security audit expenses.
o Developer incentives and bounty programs.
o Documentation and community operations.
o Essential toolchains and infrastructure development.
· Development Organization: alcove leads the project, coordinating community development resources and managing workflows, technical support, and security audits;
· Multilateral Support: Project teams, independent developers, and security audit firms will join progressively in the research, testing, and review of base modules;
· Governance Mechanism: Full transparency across PR reviews, test validations, Move Prover verification, pre-audit checks, and bounty rewards.
3. What We’re Building: The Infrastructure Foundation for the Move Ecosystem
· Core Base Library: Develop a suite of Move modules covering access control, upgrade management tools, DeFi components, and general utilities.
· Enhanced Ecosystem Security: Leverage Move’s inherent safety features (e.g., reentrancy prevention, strong typing) combined with rigorous testing, formal verification, and independent security audits to ensure maximum security.
· Developer Adoption: Provide high-quality documentation, tutorials, and examples to lower the learning curve for Move and attract more developers to the Aptos ecosystem.
· Community Co-Building Model: Establish an open, collaborative development process encouraging participation from project teams, individual developers, and security firms to ensure quality, relevance, and sustainability.
· Accelerate Ecosystem Growth: Offer reliable building blocks for Aptos dApp developers, reduce redundant development costs, and drive innovation and prosperity across the Aptos ecosystem.
4. How to Participate? Every Developer Can Be a Driver
We believe that a truly trustworthy, reusable smart contract base library must be built collectively by the ecosystem. This initiative is open to all Aptos developers—whether part of a project team or an independent creator, everyone can contribute meaningfully:
· For Project Teams: If you're a developer team behind an existing Aptos project, you can participate in developing, testing, and integrating core modules. Share the lessons learned and best practices from your real-world experience to help form standardized, reusable components for the entire ecosystem. This enhances your own project’s security while contributing to the broader community.
· Opportunities for Independent Developers: Whether you're a Move enthusiast or solo developer, we will continuously recruit contributors through coding challenges, bounty programs, and public task pools. alcove will provide comprehensive contribution guides, documentation, and technical support to help you get started from zero.
· Simple and Clear Participation: All module development will occur publicly on GitHub using Pull Requests (PRs). All code must pass automated tests and Move Prover verification before being reviewed and merged by core contributors. Auditing and version control processes will run in parallel to ensure every line of code stands up to scrutiny.
What Tools and Resources Will We Provide?
To lower entry barriers and boost development efficiency, we’ll also build a full suite of ecosystem tools and support systems:
· Core Module Library: Reusable components including access control, module upgrades, DeFi logic, and security utilities;
· Multilingual SDKs: Support for TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, and more to simplify on-chain operations;
· Standardized APIs: Easy-to-integrate interfaces for querying on-chain data and interacting with contracts;
· Developer Tooling: VS Code plugins, CLI extensions, debugging tools, and more to enhance coding experience;
· Project Templates and Sample Code: Ready-to-use boilerplate projects to help you quickly start building your own applications.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned developer, if you care about the technical future of Aptos, this base library and toolset will be an essential starting point.
Conclusion: The Beginning of an Ecosystem-Level Infrastructure
Building a Move open-source base library on Aptos—inspired by OpenZeppelin—is a strategically valuable endeavor for the entire ecosystem. By leveraging Move’s strengths in resource safety and strong typing, along with Aptos’s parallel execution and native upgrade capabilities, we aim to deliver a safer, more efficient, and developer-friendly environment for smart contract development.
By combining OpenZeppelin’s security rigor with the technological innovations of Move and Aptos, this base library has the potential to become the cornerstone of Aptos dApp development—reducing redundant work, accelerating product iteration, and guiding the ecosystem toward greater professionalism and stability.
The success of this open-source initiative depends on the collective effort of all Builders. We sincerely invite Aptos project teams, independent developers, and security experts to join us in crafting a truly trustworthy, reusable, and auditable foundational standard. If you're building the future on Aptos, this base library belongs to you.
About Movemaker
Movemaker is an official community organization authorized by the Aptos Foundation and jointly initiated by Ankaa and BlockBooster, focused on advancing the development of the Aptos ecosystem in the Chinese-speaking region. As the official representative of Aptos in this region, Movemaker receives multi-million-dollar funding and resources from the Aptos Foundation, aiming to connect developers, users, capital, and ecosystem partners to build a diverse, open, and thriving Aptos ecosystem.
From DeFi and AI to payments, stablecoins, and RWA, Movemaker supports innovative projects in bringing real-world applications to life and promotes the integration of Aptos technology with practical use cases. As a key bridge between Aptos and Asia, Movemaker is inspiring more developers to join the ecosystem through localized narratives and a global vision.
About alcove
alcove is Asia’s first Chinese-language Move developer community co-built with official support from Aptos, dedicated to empowering developers to build next-generation Web3 applications using the Move language. The community brings together many developers skilled in low-level Move development, contract security, and toolchain development, and has already contributed hands-on expertise to multiple Aptos projects.
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