Aptos
Aptos chain reference for Plaidly
Aptos
Status: coming soon. Plaidly does not yet settle payments on Aptos. The details below describe planned support. Today only Ethereum and Solana are settleable.
Overview
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
chain value | aptos |
| Finality | ~1 second (BFT consensus) |
| Native token | APT |
| Address format | 64-character hex string (0x + 64 hex chars) |
| VM | Move VM |
| Mainnet RPC | Planned |
| Testnet | Aptos Testnet |
Supported tokens
| Token | Contract |
|---|---|
| APT (native) | — |
| USDC | 0xbae207659db88bea0cbead6da0e2d34b5c64e42bf8bcb9f4a1d48e44c7d9001::coin::T |
Confirmations
When Aptos settlement ships, Plaidly will require 1 block confirmation before marking a payment confirmed. Aptos achieves sub-second finality using the AptosBFT consensus protocol.
Fees
Aptos fees are very low (typically under $0.01 per transaction). APT is required for gas — Plaidly's receiving accounts are pre-funded.
Testnet (Aptos Testnet)
- Faucet: https://aptos.dev/en/network/faucet
- Explorer: https://explorer.aptoslabs.com/?network=testnet
- Use the sandbox simulate endpoint for instant test confirmations
Address format
Aptos addresses are 64-character hex strings (32 bytes):
0x1d8727df513fa2a8785d0834e40b34223daff1affc079574082243b9b1cadc17Notes
- Aptos uses the Move programming language (originally developed at Meta/Diem)
- Move VM provides formal verification and resource-oriented programming
- Aptos uses a parallel execution engine (Block-STM) for high throughput
- USDC on Aptos is issued natively via Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP)
- Aptos has no account creation fee — accounts are implicitly created on first transaction