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Move is an executable-bytecode programming language and CLI toolchain for transaction-oriented computation on blockchains and other applications. It includes a strong type system with linear resource types, runtime checks, and formal verification.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Move when exploring transaction-oriented program development or following the repository’s Docker-based CLI quickstart to build its BasicCoin test project.

Who it is for

  • Developers exploring a language and toolchain for blockchain programs.
  • Developers who want to build the repository’s documented BasicCoin test project with Docker.

Documented uses

  • Build the Move command-line tool as a Docker image.
  • Build the tutorial’s BasicCoin test project with the CLI.
  • Develop transaction-oriented programs using Move’s type system and verification features.
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Requirements & limits

The repository is public and licensed under Apache 2.0. The documented quickstart uses Docker.

  • The documented CLI workflow builds and runs through Docker.
  • The language provides linear resource types, runtime checks, and formal verification.
  • The quickstart demonstrates building a test project; it does not document deployment.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Build the CLI image and BasicCoin test project

Use the repository’s documented Docker commands to build the Move CLI image and then build the tutorial’s BasicCoin test project.

Before you start

  • Docker
  • A local checkout of the Move repository, with its Dockerfile and tutorial files

Steps

  1. From the repository root, run the command below.

    Documented command
    docker build -t move/cli -f docker/move-cli/Dockerfile .

  2. Change to ./language/documentation/tutorial/step_1/BasicCoin.

  3. Run the command belowpwd:/project move/cli build.

    Documented command
    docker run -v

Expected outcome

The CLI Docker image is built, and the documented command invokes its build operation on the BasicCoin test project.

Guide limitations

  • The quickstart documents building a test project, not deploying it or verifying a blockchain transaction.
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