Sui is a new kind of blockchain built by Mysten Labs, the team that used to work on Meta’s Diem project. What makes it stand out is that it was designed from scratch to solve the biggest headaches of Web3—slow transactions, confusing apps, and risky smart contracts. Instead of processing everything one by one like Ethereum, Sui can run many transactions in parallel, which makes it a lot faster. It also has super quick finality, so once your transaction is done, it’s confirmed almost instantly.

Developers build on Sui using a language called Move, which treats digital assets like real objects rather than just numbers in an account. That makes things like in-game items, NFTs, or tokens easier to create and safer to handle. The whole system is focused on giving users an experience that feels smooth, almost like a regular Web2 app, rather than the clunky feel of many blockchains today.

In short, Sui is seen as “next-gen” because it’s fast, safe, and designed to make Web3 actually usable for normal people.