The Move programming language prevents reentrancy and includes the owner in object metadata, both critical means of building in security. Sam Blackshear, Co-Founder and CTO at Mysten Labs, talks about how Move was intended as a smart contract language that would handle financial transactions, and needed to help developers write the most secure code possible. 

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Sam Blackshear

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

CTO of Mysten Labs and inventor of Move language. Former Principal Engineer at Meta.

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