We're building critical infrastructure to enable a more decentralized internet. We’re the original contributors to 💧@SuiNetwork and 🗃️@WalrusProtocol.
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Jun 10
You probably haven’t spotted the hidden gem 💎 behind the future of payments privacy.
Many people just saw Sui Confidential Transfers and thought ‘ok, cool feature’. Wrong.
Look closely at what was open-sourced and you’ll notice a much bigger pattern: Confidential Payment Tunnels.
Remember Bitcoin’s Lightning ⚡️?
Now imagine locking undisclosed amounts and making payments completely off-chain, with privacy even against receiver, built in from the start. It’s a new paradigm.
This could unlock millions of payments per second, gasfree pay your grocery store even when offline, power entirely new startup ideas, and become the default pay-rails for both humans and AI agents who will ❤️ this option!
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Jun 8
Confidential transfers are live in public beta on Sui Devnet.
Transfer amounts and balances are private, with controlled visibility for compliance and auditability.
What this means for finance workflows: 🧵
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Jun 4
.@SuiNetwork is now tripling down on payments, according to co-founder @EmanAbio:
Privacy Agentic support gas-less stablecoin transactions at scale
"While we were at Meta, our goal was to simplify sending money [to be] as easy as it was sending messages" 👀⬇️
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Jun 4
bitcoin:native's programmability problem has a solution; Hashi.
@b1ackd0g sits down with @isabelfoxenduke to break down Mysten Labs' trust-minimized architecture for Bitcoin bridging.
Deep dive.⤵️
BITCOIN RAILS #63: Bitcoin's threshold for trust-minimization—without a soft fork | with Sam Blackshear @b1ackd0g
🔗 YOUTUBE: youtu.be/0q8ti0tkMx0
🌱 SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/26t…
Some of the most impressive technical and commercial leaders in digital assets emerged from what insiders call the "Libra Mafia" — the team assembled by @Meta to build Libra (later Diem).
Though the project ultimately succumbed to regulatory pressure, it produced a generation of founders and engineers who went on to shape the industry, including Sam Blackshear (@b1ackd0g), a leading expert in blockchain programming languages and CTO of @Mysten_Labs
In this episode of Bitcoin Rails, Sam joins me to discuss:
- Why Mysten Labs has turned its focus toward Bitcoin why Sam leans conservative on soft-fork changes to Bitcoin script
- What makes a strong crypto programming language why EVM is missing the mark
- Why trust minimization remains the critical technical challenge standing between Bitcoin and broader DeFi adoption
- Why Mysten Lab's new Hashi architecture may be the most trust-minimized architecture for Bitcoin "bridging" without a soft fork
This episode of Bitcoin Rails is brought to you by:
LayerTwo Labs @LayerTwoLabs — developing research, software, and technologies for scaling Bitcoin via the integration of Drivechains (BIP 300/301)
Hashi on @SuiNetwork — a primitive for executing Bitcoin DeFi transactions, without having to trust a federated bridge or other centralized entity
BitBox @BitBoxSwiss — an open-source Bitcoin-only hardware wallet, with smooth UX and no compromises on security. Check out Bitbox [dot] swiss and use code BITCOINRAILS to get a discount
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — Intro
01:09 — Sam's Origin Story
04:40 — Building Move Inside Libra
10:18 — Why Sui Looks Like Bitcoin
15:55 — Libra Dies & Sui Is Born
23:06 — Quantum Resistance & Sui's Cryptography
28:24 — Bitcoin's Programmability Problem
34:39 — How Hashi Works
38:00 — Hashi's Trust Assumptions
53:54 — Why Nobody Else Could Build This
56:24 — The Future of Building on Bitcoin
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Core architect of the programming language behind @Meta’s famed Libra project shares why his team at @Mysten_Labs is building trust-minimized DeFi primitives for Bitcoin — and why more expressive script may not be appropriate for Bitcoin layer 1.
Full episode with @b1ackd0g drops tomorrow 👀
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Jun 3
The agentic economy is what Sui's object-centric scalable model is built for.
@kostascrypto onstage at @proofoftalk Paris.
Jun 3
What does it actually take to secure onchain finance when the attacks are constant?
ON STAGE NOW at the Louvre: Charles Guillemet @P3b7_ (CTO, @Ledger), Kostas Chalkias @kostascrypto (Co-founder & Chief Cryptographer, @Mysten_Labs), Jason Jiang (CBO, @CertiK), and Rodrigo Coelho (CEO, @edgeandnode). Moderated by @NikolaStojanow ( Partner New Ventures, @BankFrick).
DeFi Under Attack: Securing Onchain Finance and the Machine Economy.
Watch live on Proof of Talk X.
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Jun 3
Just watched @kostascrypto and @P3b7_ on stage at @ProofofTalk Paris on securing DeFi in the age of AI and quantum.
@kostascrypto: "AI is the gateway to quantum. It's accelerating quantum advancement. We can't wait"
@P3b7_ @P3b7_: "Stop discussing the if and when. We must migrate and it will take a long time"
What you can do today:
- Get early access to new AI versions
- Run internal bug bounties
- Increase your security budget
One trend to watch: crypto insurance is picking up. It removes the fear, one of the biggest barrier to DeFi adoption.
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Jun 2
Great discussing what will actually drive tokenization adoption with Citi’s @ronitA380 and Mysten Lab’s @EvanWeb3 at Proof of Talk.
Crypto reporters take note. @Citi's @ronitA380 aknowledges that many banks engage in what he calls "innovation theater." But he goes on, saying that most crypto firms engage in "decentralization theater." I love this term. Would love to see more reporters holding crypto founders accountable to this claim. With @fintechfrank via @proofoftalk H/t @ACJRnetwork
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
May 31
Following last week’s outages related to the 1.72 release, the Sui Core Team has completed an investigation and incident review, detailing what happened and the steps taken by validators to restart the network.
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
May 21
Now live and fully rolled out on mainnet: Stablecoin transfers on Sui are free.
No $SUI, no problem.
Just send.
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May 19
Mysten Labs President @KevinBoon_ML sat down with @FenrisCreations CEO @HilmarVeigar at EVE Fanfest to explore the rise of universal modding.
With @EVE_Frontier built on @SuiNetwork infrastructure, players are playing and even designing their own in-game worlds.
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May 15
Live from the Louvre on June 2 at @proofoftalk:
@EvanWeb3 joins @ronitA380 from @Citi for a real talk on RWA adoption and what a tokenized financial system actually looks like between a public blockchain and a global bank.
Moderated by @fintechfrank.
Pull up a chair 🪑
May 14
PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Addressing the question nobody's answering: As RWAs hit $30 billion, how much is real adoption and how much is pilots and marketing?
On Day 1 at the Louvre: What Institutions Need From Blockchain Infrastructure.
Evan Cheng @EvanWeb3 (Co-Founder & CEO, @Mysten_Labs) sits down with Ronit Ghose @ronitA380 (Global Head of Future of Finance, @Citi), moderated by Frank Chaparro @fintechfrank (Head of Special Projects & Content, @GSR_io).
The conversation between the public L1 and the global bank. What does a tokenised financial system actually look like? Why does a bank need a public blockchain? What can Sui do that Citi's infrastructure cannot? And what do crypto builders underestimate about banks when it comes to RWA adoption?
If RWAs were to grow from $30B to $1T, the debate is on which asset class scales first and who captures the most value.
Take a seat.
tickets.proofoftalk.io/passe…
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SITUATION EXPLAINED: The CLARITY Act just cleared Senate Banking, moving the US crypto market-structure bill closer to a full Senate vote.
We asked Mysten Labs CEO @EvanWeb3 what it means for builders on chains like Sui. His answer was simple. Product teams need to know what is allowed before infrastructure teams can build for them.
"Clarity. We're gonna have a lot more clarity about what's allowed, what's not allowed, who are we working with."
"Now we can kind of move towards a phase where we at least know what's possible and what requires more guardrails."
"It's a big moment."
@maxwiethe @JackFarley96
May 14
BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Senate Banking Committee PASSES the Clarity Act in 15-9 vote.
The bill now goes to the full Senate.
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
May 14
Catch @evanweb3 LIVE with @MTSLive talking all things Clarity Act as it clears key Senate hurdle today!
📹: x.com/i/broadcasts/1kKzDMbPl…
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May 13
In a contributing piece for @bpconsortium, @0xErrika breaks down why shared standards, not better technology, will determine the next wave of digital asset adoption ⬇️
x.com/bpconsortium/status/20…
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Apr 16
The future of finance is being built on Sui, where money moves as freely as messages.
@EvanWeb3 chatted with @LoganJastremski ( @FrictionlessVC ) on the near-term digital asset landscape, agentic finance & what's shipping, including Sui Dollar & Hashi.
Where is Sui headed? ↓
Apr 16
My conversation with @EvanWeb3
As the CEO of Mysten Labs, Evan is relentlessly focused on building the unified abstraction layers necessary to bring blockchain technology to the masses. The team is doing the hard architectural work with Sui to move beyond traditional digital ledgers, utilizing a complex object model to enable true parallelization and seamless developer experiences
We spend a lot of time unpacking the limitations of EVM L2s, why top-down application design matters, and the massive opportunities at the intersection of verifiable automation and AI
At the center of this conversation is the verticalization of the Sui stack from Deepbook to Walrus and the belief that the next generation of global adoption requires platforms to look more like cohesive operating systems rather than fragmented networks.
We discuss:
- Why the industry needs to raise the abstraction layer for global adoption
- The architectural limitations of EVM chains and the failure of L2 scalability
- Walrus, Deepbook, and the verticalization of the Sui platform
- Why Sui's object model fundamentally differs from traditional digital ledgers
- The intersection of AI and blockchain: persistent memory and verifiable trust
- Unlocking Bitcoin's stagnant capital
- The upcoming EVE Online partnership and the future of web3 gaming
- Why blockchains must operate with sustainable business models
Enjoy!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction: The Need for Unified Abstraction Layers
1:54 - The Scalability Maze: Why L2s Failed to Deliver
8:43 - Custom Databases: Scaling Reads and State Access
11:44 - Walrus & Deepbook: Verticalizing the Web3 Stack 1
6:16 - Beyond Digital Ledgers: Sui's Object Model Explained
22:38 - AI, Automation, and Providing Trust for LLMs
31:04 - Lessons from Libra: Permissionless vs. Corporate Chains
35:49 - Sustainable Economics: Business Models for Blockchains
41:13 - Unlocking Stagnant Capital: Bringing Yield to Bitcoin
51:46 - The 2026 Roadmap: EVE Online, Privacy Guardrails, and Product Infra
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Apr 9
Tax clarity is critical for adoption. Strong perspective from Fenwick that Hashi transactions shouldn’t be taxable events.
Not tax, legal, or financial advice.
Apr 9
A protocol breakthrough as big as Hashi deserves serious tax consideration.
@FenwickWest law firm analyzes the U.S. tax implications of Hashi.
Their view: there is a strong legal case that locking BTC and receiving hBTC should not be treated as a taxable event.
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Mar 31
Could Google's quantum computer break into your Bitcoin wallet?
Mysten Labs' Chief Cryptographer @kostascrypto says that reality doesn't exist yet, and it's much further out than some are suggesting.
Watch the full interview 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=XP0drCCq…
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Mysten Labs is a founding member of @bpconsortium, helping define the standards blockchain payments are missing.
Most onchain transactions lack the data needed for identity, compliance, or interoperability – limiting real adoption.
We need shared systems, not just faster infra.
$46T moved on-chain last year.
Financial institutions still can't use most of it.
Not because the technology isn't ready. Because the standards aren't.
That's the problem BPC exists to fix. → open.substack.com/pub/blockc…
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MystenLabs.sui retweeted
Mar 25
How do you tackle the same problems as web2 giants? You don't build the same way they do.
You build infra first. Everything else follows.
@EvanWeb3 explains Sui's long-term strategy on @paulbarrontv - not replicating existing payments, but building native onchain solutions.
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