Aptos

Aptos 9.6.0

Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.

  • By Aptos Foundation
  • Innovation-Enabling Sour
  • Updated Sep 22, 2026
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About Aptos

Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.

What's new in 9.6.0

Commits

  • 123536d: more spec fix (#20076) (Teng Zhang) #20076
  • 7091534: [stdlib] Make std::result::Result public and enable its helpers (#20150) (Wolfgang Grieskamp) #20150
  • f7b6352: [mono-move] Replay benchmark (#20126) (Calin Tataru) #20126
  • 8d816c2: [vm] Refactor function type creation (#20149) (George Mitenkov) #20149
  • b4bd877: [storage] KV replay: split batches at epoch endings (wqfish) #20157
  • 7b5ef95: [types] Add bon builder for TransactionInfo (wqfish) #20157
  • c0f373b: [refactor] Add bon builders to more multi-arg constructors (wqfish) #20157
  • 44554f0: [refactor] Add bon builders to two more swap-prone fns (wqfish) #20157
  • d8852e0: [deps] Bump num-bigint-dig 0.8.4 -> 0.8.6 (wqfish) #20157
  • f3e3806: [execution] Decouple hot state root from TXN_INFO_V1 (wqfish) #20157
  • be916bb: [mono-move] Small benchmark improvements (#20158) (George Mitenkov) #20158
  • e7db977: [mono-move] Hoist interpreter machine registers into the run loop (#20134) (Victor Gao) #20134
  • b7f23b2: [release] Add aptos-release-tool (#20121) (Victor Gao) #20121
  • e694690: [mono-move] Add secp256k1 natives (#20159) (George Mitenkov) #20159
  • a7001ac: [consensus] Reject opt block at ProposalMsg ingress (#20161) (Daniel Xiang) #20161
  • f9244fa: [types] Derive state-key shard index from array length (wqfish) #20166
  • 1dbcc78: [framework] Add multisig script feature flag back (#20142) (Greg Nazario) #20142
  • daf7138: [move-flow] Add update subcommand (#20170) (Amine Elsassi) #20170
  • 383d2c3: [types] Reduce state key registry lock contention (wqfish) #19989
  • e75a0db: [execution] Sort to_make_hot once at cap time (wqfish) #19989
  • f38c8bb: [forge] Keep hotness flag off in mixed-version suites (wqfish) #19989
  • 75222b2: [vm] Record txn read sets for hot state promotion (wqfish) #19989
  • c2f0746: add code download mode for comparison testing tool (#20187) (Teng Zhang) #20187
  • 58b3d3e: fix framework spec (#20151) (Teng Zhang) #20151
  • b7e72f7: [vm] Harden AIP-133 function reflection (#20147) (Wolfgang Grieskamp) #20147
  • fe434eb: [API] Verify JSON batch sizes immediately. (Josh Lind) #20079
  • ee3597b: [API] Always verify endpoint accessibility first. (Josh Lind) #20079
  • c514c56: [framework] Mint gas refund as APT FA via MintRef (#20132) (Aaron) #20132
  • 31ff67b: [State Sync] Use saturating operations. (Josh Lind) #20199
  • 7befd20: [mono-move] Seed features resource in unit test harness (#20201) (Calin Tataru) #20201 …

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Technical details

PublisherAptos Foundation
AuthorAptos Labs
Version9.6.0
Release date2026-09-22
LicenseInnovation-Enabling Source Code License
Installer typezip
Architecturex64
Package IDAptosCore.aptos

Links & install command

Install Aptos from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=AptosCore.aptos -e

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Older versions

  • 9.5.1
  • 9.5.0
  • 9.4.0
  • 9.3.0
  • 9.2.0
  • 9.1.0
  • 9.0.0
  • 8.1.0
  • 8.0.0