1. Movement project background

Movement Network is a blockchain project focusing on Layer 2 solutions, using MoveVM technology to provide developers with an efficient, secure, and scalable ecosystem. The core goal of the project is to enable decentralized applications to maintain fast transaction processing and instant finality in high-concurrency environments, while also being compatible with and portable to the EVM ecosystem. Through modularization and customization, Movement Network is committed to helping developers quickly build high-performance decentralized applications.

1.1 Background and Founding Team

• Co-founder: Rushi Manche
  Rushi was once a software engineer at Aptos, with rich experience in Move language and blockchain underlying development. Before entering the blockchain industry, he also had a background in developing multiple software projects, providing solid architectural ideas for the technology underlying Movement Network.

• Co-founder: Cooper Scanlon
  Cooper attended Vanderbilt University, but later dropped out to focus on the field of blockchain and decentralized finance. He initially built and audited the first yield aggregator based on Move, and then co-founded Movement Network with Rushi, aiming to unify different blockchain environments through a modular Move framework.

1.2 Project Industry Positioning

The track where Movement Network is located is Layer 2, which is a scalability solution built on top of the main chain (such as Ethereum). Its innovations are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

1. MoveVM Cross-Ecosystem:
   By using the unique Move language and EVM-compatible environment, Movement allows developers to quickly port and deploy more secure and reliable smart contracts outside of the Ethereum ecosystem.

2. Security and composability:
   Movement uses custom composable Move templates to ensure high standards for code auditing and logic verification of smart contracts. At the same time, the modular design allows different developers to quickly reuse existing functional components.

3. High throughput and instant settlement:
   Movement Network focuses on high TPS and instant finality, allowing large dApps to achieve large-scale user interaction without sacrificing security.

Since its launch on the Gate platform on 2024-12-08, Movement Coin has gradually become a hot topic of interest for many investors and developers. Behind the continuously rising market value, in addition to its technical highlights, it also stems from the project’s emphasis on ecological cooperation and community development.

Source:The Movement Network

2. Movement Technology Principles and Ecosystem

2.1 The core features of MoveVM

Movement Network draws on the concepts of the Move language in resource management and security, and optimizes it for Layer 2 architecture. The Move language was initially widely discussed in secure public chains for its resource model that effectively prevents common contract vulnerabilities. Movement integrates this language with Layer 2 solutions, bringing the following features:

1. Resources cannot be replicated and cannot be discarded:
   The Move language treats digital assets as “resources” that cannot be copied or destroyed at will, thus preventing certain contract attacks from the ground up.

2. Modular programming:
   Movement encapsulates common smart contract logic in the form of composable modules, allowing developers to quickly integrate and reuse existing modules for a more efficient development cycle.

3. Cross-chain and interoperability:
   Movement is compatible with both EVM contract calls and Move modules, which is expected to achieve multi-chain interaction and cross-chain asset transfers, forming a broader ecological landscape.

2.2 Layer 2 architecture and Rollup mechanism

Movement Network adopts a variety of Rollup technologies on Layer 2 to achieve higher throughput and lower Gas costs. At the Rollup level, Movement mainly focuses on:

• Balancing Optimistic Rollup and ZK Rollup:
  By modular design, Movement allows developers to choose the appropriate Rollup solution for different scenarios, such as Optimistic Rollup for transaction-intensive scenarios, and ZK Rollup for security-sensitive scenarios to ensure high security and privacy protection with zero-knowledge proofs.

• Data availability and instant finality:
  Movement Network will upload some data to Ethereum (or other underlying public chains) to ensure availability, while combining its own consensus mechanism to achieve instant transaction confirmation.

2.3 Ecological Projects and Partners

Since its establishment, Movement Network has been committed to building a diverse ecosystem that integrates developers, community members, node operators, and institutional investors. Some projects that are known and announced to be developing or integrating on Movement Network include:

• Lync: a stack that already has over 400+ projects using it, most of which will be deployed to Layer 2 of Movement in the future.

• Nexio: A parallel Bitcoin Layer 2 project that achieves efficient BTC scaling and decentralized transaction capabilities based on Movement Rollup.

• Lumio: Using the Movement Stack to build VM abstract networks, simplifying cross-contract calls through a more flexible programming interface.

• Up Network: The latest development revealed is to develop a ‘Movement phone’ based on Movement, further expanding the user coverage of blockchain applications on the mobile end.

These projects have potential landing opportunities in different scenarios such as DeFi, NFT, mobile blockchain applications, etc., injecting more vitality into the Layer 2 ecosystem of Movement.

Source:Movement Network Whitepaper

3. Movement Coin Economic Model

Movement Coin（$MOVE）is the native utility token of Movement Network, mainly used for network gas fees, node staking, governance voting, and ecosystem incentives. According to official disclosures and on-chain data queries, the key data is as follows:

Source:MOVE Price | Gate.io

4. Movement Development Roadmap and Future Planning

Movement Network has announced multiple blockchain conferences and event schedules (such as Devcon, ETHDenver, DC Blockchain Week, Paris Blockchain Week, etc.), and mentioned future key milestones in the internal roadmap:

1. Complete Rollup multi-module integration:
   Modularizing the core functions of Optimistic Rollup and ZK Rollup, allowing developers to choose the most suitable scalability solution themselves.

2. Mainnet security and scalability upgrade:
   Further optimize the consensus algorithm to achieve higher TPS and shorter confirmation time, while ensuring the network’s resistance to attacks.

3. Mobile End Ecology:
   In collaboration with Up Network, the Movement phone integrates Movement L2 at the system level, allowing mobile users to more conveniently use blockchain applications.

4. Guilds ecosystem expansion:
   In addition to the existing developers, testers, and content creators, more specialized Guilds may be established in the future to provide diverse contribution pathways for community governance, marketing promotion, academic research, and other fields.

5. Movement Summary

Movement Network, a Layer 2 blockchain project based on MoveVM, focuses on high performance, security, scalability, and EVM ecosystem compatibility as its core advantages, providing developers and users with a new technological option. Its native token, Movement Coin, has garnered industry attention since its listing on Gate on December 8, 2024, with notable performance in both price and market capitalization. This was especially evident after the announcement of its strategic partnership with Gauntlet on March 6, 2025, which led to a significant short-term price increase.

Currently, Movement strives to provide flexible scalability and security support for DeFi, NFT, GameFi, and mobile applications by supporting a variety of Rollup solutions and modular Move templates.

Looking ahead, Movement still needs to continue to invest in ecological landing, community governance, and technological iteration to ensure steady progress in the competitive Layer 2 market. Its Guilds model and mobile layout may become key pivots for further expanding users and application scenarios.

With the influx of more developers and investors, if the project can achieve a balance between security, performance, and governance, Movement Network is expected to move towards a broader market in the future, continuously enhancing its ecological impact and token value.