🗣️ Moonbeam is a Substrate-based, EVM-compatible, L1 blockchain that uses the Polkadot relay chain for security and block finality. 🤯

To us, this makes Moonbeam the obvious choice to build on, but that explanation may not work for everyone.

So, here’s a 👶 ELI5 description. 👇

2/ EVM-compatible can be defined as being able to seamlessly work with the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine).

The EVM is responsible for much of the magic happening behind the scenes on Ethereum. 🧙‍♂️