Let\u2019s make a quick comparison between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Same origins for Cardano and Ethereum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nNot everybody knows this, but Ethereum and Cardano come from the same minds<\/strong>. Two of the Ethereum co-founders created Cardano since they had other ideas for the project. The Ethereum whitepaper<\/a> was published eight years ago by Vitalik Buterin. But he also had the contribution of other developers, such as Joseph Lubin, Anthony Di Lorio, Gavin Wood, Mihai Alisie, Jeff Wilke, Charles Hoskinson, and Jeremy Wood. The latter two joined forces to create Cardano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Cardano-Ethereum-comparison-better\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cardano-crypto-key-laptop-wo-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA year before Ethereum’s initial software release in July 2015, Hoskinson stepped away from the project (in June 2014), alleging differences with Vitalik Buterin<\/a> about Ethereum. Specifically, it was because Hoskinson favored making Ethereum a commercial entity, while Buterin aspired for Ethereum to be a not-for-profit project, according to a Bloomberg report.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn 2015, Hoskinson began the development of Cardano<\/strong>, named after Gerolamo Cardano (an Italian polymath). For this new project, Hoskinson was supported<\/a> by Jeremy Wood, who also left Ethereum. Finally, in September 2017, the first version of the Cardano software was released. It should be noted that this blockchain is the flagship project of IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), a company formed by both developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFeatures in different languages<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nEthereum and Cardano use different high-level programming languages. Ethereum has an internal Turing complete language, dubbed \u201cSolidity\u201d and similar to Python. Meanwhile, Cardano uses Haskell<\/a>, an ideal language for business logic, data analysis, prototyping, and scalability in existing software environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBoth of them are the basis for the creation of smart contracts<\/a> and internal tokens inside these platforms. If we focus on usability, we must know that Cardano and Ethereum \u2014beyond their currencies\u2014 were mainly built for developers to create new apps with numerous purposes. We\u2019ve already seen them: ICOs (internal tokens), DeFi apps, NFTs<\/a>, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), games, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Ethereum-rollups-faster-transactions\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/block-chain-3513213_1280-1024x682.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe great difference with other apps out there (the ones by Google or Microsoft, for example), is the decentralization. This means that no corporation, government, or group can control or censor these platforms or coins<\/strong>. The users are in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThat was always the case for Ethereum but is more recent for Cardano. The team of this blockchain is focused on researching, so, its development has been slow and many of its functions are still pending. The\u00a0arrival of the Shelley<\/a>\u00a0phase took place in July 2020, opening the \u201cmining doors\u201d to the whole community. Previously, in the Byron phase, Cardano production was centralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, this same year, Cardano introduced new features<\/a>: the creation of native tokens and multi-asset support. That includes stablecoins, DeFi assets, and NFTs. Also, this September 12, the update \u201cAlonzo<\/a>\u201d finally introduced real smart contract capabilities<\/strong>. The competition with Ethereum seems more matched this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDifferent mining and coins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe algorithms for creating new cryptocurrencies in Ethereum and Cardano are different. This means that one uses mining with electricity, and the other doesn\u2019t. Since its inception, Ethereum has employed the Proof-of-Work (PoW<\/a>) mining algorithm, as has Bitcoin (BTC)<\/a>. This is the one that requires great amounts of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEthereum native cryptocurrency is called ether (ETH), and it has no maximum issuance limit. Moreover, its supply has increased by 4.5% every year so far. However, the update \u201cLondon\u201d in August<\/a> introduced a new system that tends to be more deflationary to reduce the high gas fees. <\/strong>In the current Ethereum system, newly mined ETHs are given as a reward to miners for each new block added to the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"ethereum-cardano-systems-mining\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ethereum-5511808_1280-1024x678.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNevertheless, as the Ethereum Foundation mentions, the plan has always been to migrate towards a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. In PoS systems<\/a>, the energy isn\u2019t required and the figure of the \u201cminer\u201d is replaced by the \u201cvalidator\u201d. This validator locks a certain amount of coins to gain the right to verify transactions, mint new coins, and receive rewards.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Ethereum Foundation claims that PoS increases “immunity to centralization\u201d. Although, the opposite can be inferred from the description of this system, as miners would become validators based on the number of cryptocurrencies they hold. Ethereum 2.0 is already in the advanced stages of development, though.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWith PoS on Ethereum, only those users with a minimum of 32 ETH (around $106,000) would be eligible to add new blocks to the chain. They\u2019d get about<\/a> 5.4% passive earnings per year<\/strong>, but they\u2019ll have to wait until Ethereum 2.0 is activated, with their coins currently unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBeyond Ethereum, in Cardano\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nCardano uses Ouroboros, described as a PoS-style consensus mechanism. According to Cardano.org, Ouroboros is based on participation groups and delegated participation. This consensus mechanism divides the network into epochs and slots. For each slot, a participation group is assigned as a leader and receives a reward in ADA (the native token) for adding new blocks to the chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Cardano-Ethereum-PoS-group\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/team-6580137_1280-1024x682.jpg\")
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nAs stated on the Cardano website<\/a>, through Ouroboros \u201cADA holders may delegate their stake to a specific stake pool, increasing its chance of being selected as the slot leader, and share in the stake pool\u2019s rewards\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\nContrary to Ethereum, Cardano has a maximum issuance limit of 45 billion ADA, of which 32 billion are already in circulation. Its staked value<\/a> is over $60.7 million, and its promised yearly reward is around 6.2%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSpeeds and fees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nCurrently, Ethereum process<\/a> between 15 and 30 transactions per second, and aims to have a speed of 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) with Ethereum 2.0. Meanwhile, the estimated speed<\/a> on Cardano is over 250 transactions per second but is aiming<\/a> to even one million TPS in the future. Both figures are quite superior<\/a> to the current Visa and Mastercard platforms, which have speeds between 1,700 and 5,000 TPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn terms of network fees, Cardano features lower transaction fees than Ethereum (at least, so far).<\/strong> According to BitInfoCharts<\/a>, the historical average fee on Ethereum is 0.0056 ETH (around $18.5), while Cardano records an average of 0.51 USD in fees, according to Messari<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/magnifier-5245329_1280-1024x678.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nCryptofees website<\/a> estimates that approximately $35 million in daily fees are generated on Ethereum. Inside this network, the fees are partially burned and partially paid to miners. On Cardano, the total daily fees are estimated to be around $44.500. The fees model is similar to Ethereum: there are no miners here, but users pay the fees to validators.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, in Ethereum there\u2019s the so-called “gas”, which is necessary to carry out operations with smart contracts<\/strong>. According to Ethereum.org<\/a>, “gas refers to the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute specific operations on the Ethereum network”.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGas prices on Ethereum are specified in gwei and are paid with ETH (1 gwei equals 0.000000001 ETH or 10-9 ETH). By the time of writing, this fee<\/a> is at 70.5 gwei (around $0.0023).<\/p>\n\n\n\nCardano or Ethereum?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBoth of them work to make decentralized applications and smart contracts with different purposes. Both of them aspire to have PoS systems, high speeds, and low fees; and we can say that both of them are still in development. However, Ethereum is the one who takes the lead in the competition (for now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethereum has a total market capitalization of over $397 billion, and it\u2019s the indisputable leader in DeFi applications<\/strong>. According to DeFi Prime<\/a>, over 90% of DeFi platforms are Ethereum-based. ICOs, NFTs, DAOs, and games have been very numerous as well in this blockchain<\/a> through all these years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Cardano-Ethereum-usability-DeFi\"](\"https:\/\/alfacash.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pexels-jievani-8175569-1024x695.jpg\")
Image by\u00a0Jievani<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMeanwhile, Cardano is just starting this journey. The team behind this currency is meticulous, always focused on academic development. But that has taken away all the years of use that Ethereum already has. Even if some hacks<\/a> are very common in the latter one. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nDespite all this, Cardano has gained a lot of popularity and investors in the last two years. Now, with over $81 billion, it\u2019s the third cryptocurrency by market cap; following Ethereum very close. The price of ADA has increased by over 1,370% year-to-date <\/strong>[CoinMarketCap], and several All-Time-Highs (ATHs<\/a>) have been reached this 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEthereum is growing as well. The PoS system is closer, and the updates in the middle are promising further improvements. ETH has also surpassed<\/a> records this year, increasing by over 349% year-to-date. So, which one can you choose? Both of them. Everything depends on what do you want to build and\/or what do you want to achieve.
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA year before Ethereum’s initial software release in July 2015, Hoskinson stepped away from the project (in June 2014), alleging differences with Vitalik Buterin<\/a> about Ethereum. Specifically, it was because Hoskinson favored making Ethereum a commercial entity, while Buterin aspired for Ethereum to be a not-for-profit project, according to a Bloomberg report.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2015, Hoskinson began the development of Cardano<\/strong>, named after Gerolamo Cardano (an Italian polymath). For this new project, Hoskinson was supported<\/a> by Jeremy Wood, who also left Ethereum. Finally, in September 2017, the first version of the Cardano software was released. It should be noted that this blockchain is the flagship project of IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), a company formed by both developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethereum and Cardano use different high-level programming languages. Ethereum has an internal Turing complete language, dubbed \u201cSolidity\u201d and similar to Python. Meanwhile, Cardano uses Haskell<\/a>, an ideal language for business logic, data analysis, prototyping, and scalability in existing software environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both of them are the basis for the creation of smart contracts<\/a> and internal tokens inside these platforms. If we focus on usability, we must know that Cardano and Ethereum \u2014beyond their currencies\u2014 were mainly built for developers to create new apps with numerous purposes. We\u2019ve already seen them: ICOs (internal tokens), DeFi apps, NFTs<\/a>, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), games, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The great difference with other apps out there (the ones by Google or Microsoft, for example), is the decentralization. This means that no corporation, government, or group can control or censor these platforms or coins<\/strong>. The users are in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That was always the case for Ethereum but is more recent for Cardano. The team of this blockchain is focused on researching, so, its development has been slow and many of its functions are still pending. The\u00a0arrival of the Shelley<\/a>\u00a0phase took place in July 2020, opening the \u201cmining doors\u201d to the whole community. Previously, in the Byron phase, Cardano production was centralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, this same year, Cardano introduced new features<\/a>: the creation of native tokens and multi-asset support. That includes stablecoins, DeFi assets, and NFTs. Also, this September 12, the update \u201cAlonzo<\/a>\u201d finally introduced real smart contract capabilities<\/strong>. The competition with Ethereum seems more matched this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The algorithms for creating new cryptocurrencies in Ethereum and Cardano are different. This means that one uses mining with electricity, and the other doesn\u2019t. Since its inception, Ethereum has employed the Proof-of-Work (PoW<\/a>) mining algorithm, as has Bitcoin (BTC)<\/a>. This is the one that requires great amounts of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethereum native cryptocurrency is called ether (ETH), and it has no maximum issuance limit. Moreover, its supply has increased by 4.5% every year so far. However, the update \u201cLondon\u201d in August<\/a> introduced a new system that tends to be more deflationary to reduce the high gas fees. <\/strong>In the current Ethereum system, newly mined ETHs are given as a reward to miners for each new block added to the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, as the Ethereum Foundation mentions, the plan has always been to migrate towards a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. In PoS systems<\/a>, the energy isn\u2019t required and the figure of the \u201cminer\u201d is replaced by the \u201cvalidator\u201d. This validator locks a certain amount of coins to gain the right to verify transactions, mint new coins, and receive rewards.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ethereum Foundation claims that PoS increases “immunity to centralization\u201d. Although, the opposite can be inferred from the description of this system, as miners would become validators based on the number of cryptocurrencies they hold. Ethereum 2.0 is already in the advanced stages of development, though.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n With PoS on Ethereum, only those users with a minimum of 32 ETH (around $106,000) would be eligible to add new blocks to the chain. They\u2019d get about<\/a> 5.4% passive earnings per year<\/strong>, but they\u2019ll have to wait until Ethereum 2.0 is activated, with their coins currently unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cardano uses Ouroboros, described as a PoS-style consensus mechanism. According to Cardano.org, Ouroboros is based on participation groups and delegated participation. This consensus mechanism divides the network into epochs and slots. For each slot, a participation group is assigned as a leader and receives a reward in ADA (the native token) for adding new blocks to the chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated on the Cardano website<\/a>, through Ouroboros \u201cADA holders may delegate their stake to a specific stake pool, increasing its chance of being selected as the slot leader, and share in the stake pool\u2019s rewards\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contrary to Ethereum, Cardano has a maximum issuance limit of 45 billion ADA, of which 32 billion are already in circulation. Its staked value<\/a> is over $60.7 million, and its promised yearly reward is around 6.2%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, Ethereum process<\/a> between 15 and 30 transactions per second, and aims to have a speed of 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) with Ethereum 2.0. Meanwhile, the estimated speed<\/a> on Cardano is over 250 transactions per second but is aiming<\/a> to even one million TPS in the future. Both figures are quite superior<\/a> to the current Visa and Mastercard platforms, which have speeds between 1,700 and 5,000 TPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of network fees, Cardano features lower transaction fees than Ethereum (at least, so far).<\/strong> According to BitInfoCharts<\/a>, the historical average fee on Ethereum is 0.0056 ETH (around $18.5), while Cardano records an average of 0.51 USD in fees, according to Messari<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cryptofees website<\/a> estimates that approximately $35 million in daily fees are generated on Ethereum. Inside this network, the fees are partially burned and partially paid to miners. On Cardano, the total daily fees are estimated to be around $44.500. The fees model is similar to Ethereum: there are no miners here, but users pay the fees to validators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, in Ethereum there\u2019s the so-called “gas”, which is necessary to carry out operations with smart contracts<\/strong>. According to Ethereum.org<\/a>, “gas refers to the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute specific operations on the Ethereum network”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gas prices on Ethereum are specified in gwei and are paid with ETH (1 gwei equals 0.000000001 ETH or 10-9 ETH). By the time of writing, this fee<\/a> is at 70.5 gwei (around $0.0023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both of them work to make decentralized applications and smart contracts with different purposes. Both of them aspire to have PoS systems, high speeds, and low fees; and we can say that both of them are still in development. However, Ethereum is the one who takes the lead in the competition (for now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethereum has a total market capitalization of over $397 billion, and it\u2019s the indisputable leader in DeFi applications<\/strong>. According to DeFi Prime<\/a>, over 90% of DeFi platforms are Ethereum-based. ICOs, NFTs, DAOs, and games have been very numerous as well in this blockchain<\/a> through all these years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Cardano is just starting this journey. The team behind this currency is meticulous, always focused on academic development. But that has taken away all the years of use that Ethereum already has. Even if some hacks<\/a> are very common in the latter one. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite all this, Cardano has gained a lot of popularity and investors in the last two years. Now, with over $81 billion, it\u2019s the third cryptocurrency by market cap; following Ethereum very close. The price of ADA has increased by over 1,370% year-to-date <\/strong>[CoinMarketCap], and several All-Time-Highs (ATHs<\/a>) have been reached this 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ethereum is growing as well. The PoS system is closer, and the updates in the middle are promising further improvements. ETH has also surpassed<\/a> records this year, increasing by over 349% year-to-date. So, which one can you choose? Both of them. Everything depends on what do you want to build and\/or what do you want to achieve. Wanna trade ETH, ADA, and other tokens? You can do it<\/em>\u00a0safely\u00a0on Alfacash<\/a>! And don\u2019t forget we\u2019re talking about this and a lot of other things on our social media.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Twitter<\/a> * Telegram<\/a> * Facebook<\/a> * Instagram<\/a> * Youtube<\/a> * Vkontakte<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ethereum e Cardano sembrano molto simili, ma hanno notevoli differenze. Quale \u00e8 meglio ora? 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