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Cryptocurrency discussions / Difference between BTC and ETH
« on: August 27, 2018, 04:31:19 PM »
We understand that as a beginner it might be difficult to differentiate between different cryptocurrencies so we will try to give you a brief summary of Ethereum in comparisson to Bitcoin and what sets them apart.
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency that was developed and it is the longest running most well-known digital currency. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, found that the bitcoin protocol was lacking in the sense that it did not give users the ability to program on top of the blockchain. As a result of this alot of developers would be required to create their own blockchain to meet their needs. In other words, Vitalik saw the demand for a general purpose blockchain that could be used as a decentralized application platform and created the whitepaper for the Ethereum platform.
Ethereum allows for the creation of smart-contracts which means you can program contracts with various complex conditions that are able to enforce themselves. As to the economic model of Bitcoin in comparisson to Ethereum, this differs in that Ethereum has a static blockreward that will not change over time in contrast to bitcoin of which the blockrewards halve every four years. There are also more technical differences between the two cryptocurrencies but the basic philosophy behind Ethereum is that it will allow for more modern applications to be coupled to the platform with more ease.
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency that was developed and it is the longest running most well-known digital currency. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, found that the bitcoin protocol was lacking in the sense that it did not give users the ability to program on top of the blockchain. As a result of this alot of developers would be required to create their own blockchain to meet their needs. In other words, Vitalik saw the demand for a general purpose blockchain that could be used as a decentralized application platform and created the whitepaper for the Ethereum platform.
Ethereum allows for the creation of smart-contracts which means you can program contracts with various complex conditions that are able to enforce themselves. As to the economic model of Bitcoin in comparisson to Ethereum, this differs in that Ethereum has a static blockreward that will not change over time in contrast to bitcoin of which the blockrewards halve every four years. There are also more technical differences between the two cryptocurrencies but the basic philosophy behind Ethereum is that it will allow for more modern applications to be coupled to the platform with more ease.