
Sam Blackshear is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mysten Labs. He brings more than a decade of experience in programming languages and blockchain technology, including nearly six years at Meta, where he served as Principal Engineer leading the development of Move, a secure and efficient smart contract language designed for Meta’s Libra/Diem blockchain initiative.
Sam previously spent five years in academic research at the University of Colorado Boulder, focusing on static analysis for security and performance. His work on Move has significantly shaped the blockchain landscape, providing a secure and developer-friendly language for smart contract execution.
Sam holds a Ph.D. in Programming Languages from the University of Colorado Boulder.



Sui supports transferring tokens and NFTs to and from other blockchains through Wormhole Connect and other services.

Programmable Transaction Blocks in Sui Move are a powerful means of consolidating instructions to run efficiently while incurring minimal gas fees.

In their simplest form, smart contracts govern transactions, but the Sui Move programming language opens the possibility for much more sophisticated apps.

The Kiosk primitive on Sui lets builders quickly set up shops and sell digital assets, enforcing policies such as royalties that automatically collect fees for content creators.

Where other blockchains only process a single action in any transaction, Programmable Transaction Blocks in Sui Move let developers include many actions in a single transaction.

The Shinami Gas Station makes sponsored transactions a service builders can easily integrate with their apps.

Among Sui Move innovations, sponsored transactions removes a huge hurdle in onboarding users unfamiliar with Web3 conventions.

The Sui Move programming language differs in fundamental ways from Move, most importantly in its object-centric data storage model.

A conversation with Sam Blackshear, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Mysten Labs, on the origins of Sui Move and how its object-centered nature unlocks Sui’s next gen tech

Sui's storage fee model ensures Validators can maintain their infrastructure and establishes a fund to enhance network stability.

Sui's gas fee model balances infrastructure support with user accessibility to promote a healthy network.