Cardano and Ethereum are two OG layer-1 blockchains.
Ethereum has been around since 2015 while Cardano started in 2017. Let’s discover more about them.
What is Ethereum?
Ethereum is the most active blockchain ecosystem in the crypto space. It was founded by Vitalik Buterin and many other developers. You can use any EVM wallet like Metamask to access Ethereum and its Layer-2s.
Ethereum started the innovation wave in crypto. It introduced the concept of smart contracts, and recently it moved to a proof of stake consensus. What is proof of stake and proof of work?
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- Proof of stake and proof of work are two major consensus mechanisms in crypto.
- Proof of work (PoW) is used in Bitcoin. In PoW, miners solve complex mathematical problems to verify transactions. That means PoW is highly energy-intensive and costly to operate.
- Proof of stake (PoS) is used in modern blockchains like Ethereum. In PoS, validators can verify transactions based on the number of coins they staked. That means PoS is energy efficient compared to PoS. This is why Ethereum switched from a PoW mechanism to a PoS mechanism.
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ETH is the native token of Ethereum with inflationary tokenomics and a burning program to reduce inflation. Presently, the inflation rate is slightly lower than that of Bitcoin. According to ultrasound money, Ethereum issues 906K ETH every year and burns 102K ETH every year. Also, the maximum supply of ETH is infinite. To build on Ethereum, developers use Solidity, the most used programming language in the crypto ecosystem.
What is Cardano?
Cardano is also a layer 1 blockchain with a proof of stake consensus mechanism. It was founded by Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum. This chain is often cheaper than Ethereum to do transactions, however, Ethereum is more scalable. That means the gas fee is lower in Cardano and it can settle the transactions quicker than Ethereum. However, Cardano can not process more transactions than Ethereum at a given time.
Also, this chain has a theoretical limit for transactions per second (TPS) of 18, while Ethereum has 119. Also, the most popular wallet for Cardano is Yoroi. However, modern multichain wallets like the Trust wallet, etc support Cardano and ADA-based assets.
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ADA is the native token of Cardano. It has a fixed maximum supply, unlike Ethereum. There is a fixed 2% yearly inflation, 80% of which goes toward validators and the rest 20% goes to the Cardano treasury. There is a huge difference in the governance of Ethereum and Cardano. Cardano follows an on-chain governance model, while Ethereum has an offchain governance model.
Comparison between Cardano and Ethereum
Ethereum has around $57 billion in TVL whereas Cardano has $379 million. You can see its comparison here. Also, the number of protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem is 1295 while Cardano has 40 protocols. Ethereum has 408K daily active addresses and Cardano has only 28K.
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