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Sam Blackshear
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Sam Blackshear

Co-Founder, CTO, Mysten Labs, Creator of Move Language

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.

All About Account Abstraction

Account abstraction frees users from dealing with the technical details of managing an account on Sui.

3min read

All About Bridging

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

2min read

Powering a DeFi Bot with Programmable Transaction Blocks

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

3min read

All About Smart Contracts

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

2min read

All About Kiosks

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.

2min read

All About Programmable Transaction Blocks

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.

2min read

Set Up Sponsored Transactions Via the Shinami Gas Station

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

4min read

All About Sponsored Transactions

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

3min read

All About Staking

Staking is a fundamental part of keeping the Sui network secure and performant

2min read

All About Move Versus Sui Move

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

2min read

Build Beyond: The Power of Sui Move

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

16min read

All About Storage Fees

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

2min read