Remember “eth2” typically refers to the consensus layer. The execution (EVM) layer undergoes upgrades periodically as well.
20million people clicked the superbowl coinbase qr link within 60sec.
Um: https://sports.yahoo.com/dj-steve-aoki-said-made-143502657.html. Aoki made more from his NFT drop last year than the previous decade of musicmaking.
Game 1 of the finals of Grand Prix 1, Nakamura/Aronian draw.
Annoying that you go to all these sites and products advertise themselves as a “protocol” – and nothing more. Cool. That tells me nothing. You could be a legislation, a handshake, a process, a thousand things.
In most cases, they mean a collection of defi smart contracts. Usually a dex/pool/stake/lender.
Fun fact: aave isn’t just a dex/lender on eth, it historically has been an acronym for African American Vernacular English.
Loopring is an eth L2. Uses ZK for rollup. Coin LRC. 2k tps. From a google/crypto guy. Site: https://loopring.org/. App: https://loopring.io/#/layer2 (connects to metamask). Polygon is rolling out ZK soon but loopring is much further ahead.
Layer 1 comparisons (aside btc/eth). Many are derived from eth forks. Many have metamask support, just adding an additional network (like sidechain polygon and L2 artbitrum).
Binance smart chain (now BNB chain, “Build and Build”). dPoS (centralized validators) and PoA. EVM/metamask. Coin BNB. Trust wallet. Binance native DEX, and PancakeSwap. And remember, the original binance chain could not run smart contracts.
Cardano. PoS. Coin ADA (named after lovelace, mathematician just like creator Charles Hoskinson). https://cardano.org/. Ouroboros algo, selecting slot leaders to verify epochs. Interoperability, KMS sidechains and bridges. Daedalus wallet. SundaeSwap DEX.
Terra. PoS. Coin LUNA. https://www.terra.money/. Provides payment services, fees capped 1%, focused on algorithmic (by trading UST<->LUNA) stablecoins bc other crypto is too volatile for mainstream payments. TerraSwap DEX. Anchor Protocol on terra = savings account (20%!). Mirror protocol on terra = equities/commodities market, buy stocks on a dapp.
Avalanche. PoS. Coin AVAX. EVM/metamask. https://www.avax.network/. Avalanche wallet. Pangolin DEX. Consensus algo is Avalanche, custom and very high security. Pretty fast chain, 4.5k tps. Snowman protocol is the linear version.
Polkadot. PoS. Coin DOT. From Gavin Wood. https://polkadot.network/. “Layer 0” – Internet of Blockchains. Hub that links other chains together (“parachains”) on its relay chain. Wallets: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/build-wallets. Polkadex DEX. Kusama (KSM) is the testnet/canary chain for polkadot, although it’s not pure dev; it’s closer to mini-prod, with actual stakes. This was so they could test governance and things that require an actual value system.
Cosmos. PoS. Coin ATOM. https://cosmos.network/. A little newer. Very similar to polkadot, L0 internet of blockchains. Cosmostation one option for wallet. Gravity DEX. IBC = inter blockchain communication (protocol).
Algorand. PPoS (pure). Coin ALGO. https://www.algorand.com/. From Silvio Micali, MIT professor. Algorand wallet and algodex. Supports L1 and L2 within the algorand network.
Monero. PoW. Coin XMR. https://www.getmonero.org/. Private transactions. No etherscan or anything. Meant to be p2p cash/payments like btc but private, not a full platform with smart contracts like eth. Monero offers its own native gui+cli wallet. No dex since no smart contracts, obviously.
Overall: Eth OG, Sol fastest, Terra stablecoins, DOT(+KSM) and ATOM L0, Monero for private BTC, LRC for ZK L2.
