Sui is preparing another public throughput experiment as network activity remains elevated ahead of Basecamp 2026 in Singapore. DeFiLlama currently tracks roughly 140,000 active addresses and close to 39 million transactions over the latest 24-hour window, although those figures are point-in-time snapshots and do not place Sui first among all Layer 1 networks. The more concrete upcoming milestone is a new attempt to exceed Sui’s existing 6,086,766 transactions-per-second experimental record.
According to the Sui Foundation’s official Basecamp announcement, Basecamp will run October 7-8 at Marina Bay Sands alongside TOKEN2049. Mysten Labs co-founder and chief cryptographer Kostas Chalkias is scheduled to lead the record attempt on October 7. The event replaces the September 10 timing cited in earlier material and gives the performance test a confirmed date and venue.
Record Attempt Builds on Programmable Tunnels
Sui’s current 6,086,766 TPS record was established during a July 4 livestream involving AI agents, games, payments and chat. The experiment used programmable tunnels, offchain payment and state channels that settle back to Sui Mainnet when they close. The 6 million-plus TPS result therefore measures activity inside this channel architecture rather than raw Layer 1 Mainnet throughput. CertiK is expected to independently audit the Basecamp attempt, with transactions recorded in a cryptographic transcript for subsequent verification.
That distinction matters when comparing the experiment with conventional blockchain benchmarks. A record such as the XRP Ledger’s 3,254 transactions in a single validated ledger measures a different execution environment and time interval. Cross-network TPS figures are only meaningful when the workload, settlement model and measurement methodology are comparable.
Sui’s production network has nevertheless continued processing substantial activity. The chain surpassed 16 billion cumulative transactions in August, with roughly 32 million additional transactions recorded during one observed 24-hour period. Cumulative transactions demonstrate execution volume, but they do not represent an equivalent number of users, payments or economically independent actions.
Basecamp Centers on Agentic Infrastructure
The Basecamp program is built around what Sui calls the “agentic economy,” including an AI Builder Lab and sessions covering autonomous payments, privacy, stablecoins and machine-driven transactions. Sui already supports protocol-level gasless stablecoin transfers, allowing supported assets to move without requiring the end user to maintain SUI separately for network fees. Those capabilities are production infrastructure, while the Basecamp throughput demonstration remains a specialized performance experiment.
Post-quantum security is another part of that roadmap, but its deployment is staged. Sui has selected ML-DSA-65 and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s, two NIST-approved schemes, and has outlined a path allowing accounts to migrate without necessarily changing addresses. The network’s quantum-resistant signature roadmap targets quantum-safe Move vaults before native ML-DSA account authentication reaches Mainnet later. Selection and implementation work should therefore not be confused with every post-quantum account feature already being active today.
The next concrete milestone is October 7. Whether Mysten Labs surpasses 6,086,766 TPS under the published Basecamp methodology, and how CertiK verifies the resulting transcript, will determine whether Sui can extend its existing programmable-tunnel benchmark. Mainnet active addresses, transaction counts and application usage should continue to be assessed separately from that experimental record.