Ethereum is a decentralized platform powered by blockchain technology. It works on a peer-to-peer network that executes and verifies Smart Contracts. ETH or Ether is the native currency of the Ethereum platform.
Transactional data stored on Ethereum is immutable as it is distributed across a network. Each transaction leads to an update of all the distributed databases after it passes a high-level verification process. Any tampering with the data will result in a mismatch with other databases leading to rejection of the tempered database. Further, the data storage is highly transparent as peers can look into each transaction.
This high security of the transactional data offered by Ethereum accrues value to Ether. This is because conducting transactions on Ethereum requires spending of ETH.
As per Wikipedia – āSolana is a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL. Solana claims to offer faster transaction times and lower costs than its main competitor.ā
The platform of Solana is designed to host decentralized, scalable applications. Where decentralization means the control and decision-making power is distributed to all the peers on the network rather than lying with a central authority.
On the other hand, scalability in a blockchain means the capacity to support a high load of transactions along with a large number of nodes in the network.
| Ethereum | Solana | |
|---|---|---|
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Launched in |
2013 |
2017 |
|
Founders |
Vitalik Buterin |
Anatoly Yakovenko proposed Solana in a white paper |
|
Native Token |
ETH |
SOL |
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Programming Language |
Solidity |
Rust, C, C++ |
|
Consensus Mechanism |
Proof-of-Work (PoW)** |
Proof of Stake and Proof-of-History (PoH)** |
|
Architecture |
Stateful - The entire state of the network needs to be updated for each transaction |
Stateless - the entire state of the network does not need updating for each transaction |
|
Transaction Speed** |
13-15 transactions per second(TPS) |
50-65K transactions per second (TPS) |
|
Scalability |
Limited Scalability |
High-Performance protocol for scalability |
|
Market Cap* |
$336,915,269,545.77 ($336 Billion) |
$33,094,700,581 ($33 Billion) |
*Market Cap or Market Capitalization is the value of a company being traded on a stock market. It is calculated by multiplying the total number of shares with the present share price. The valueĀ mentionedĀ aboveĀ is as on 4th May 2022.
**Ethereum 2.0 projects 100K transactions per second (TPS).
