BITCOIN FEATURES:
Purpose: A digital store of value and means of payment
Year: Created 2009
Founder: Satoshi Nakamoto (unknown)
Market Cap: $549.75Bn
Max Supply: 21 million
Mining Algorithm: SHA-256
Block Time: 10 minutes
Transaction Speed: ~7 transactions per second
Consensus Mechanism: Proof-of-Work
Notable Features: Limited supply, widely adopted as a digital asset for investment and payment
ETHEREUM FEATURES:
Purpose: A platform for building decentralized applications and smart contracts
Year Created: 2015
Founder: Vitalik Buterin
Market Cap Today: $220.18Bn
Max Supply: 0
Mining Algorithm: Ethash
Block Time: 15 seconds
Transaction Speed: ~15-45 transactions per second
Consensus Mechanism: Currently Proof-of-Work, transitioning to Proof-of-Stake
Notable Features: Smart contracts, decentralized applications, ability to create new tokens and projects on the Ethereum network
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