Ethereum OR Solana? Who Will Get Ahead? [ Main Differences Explained ]

Ethereum killer, Bitcoin rival, and industry disruptor - these three phrases are frequently used to describe the Solana blockchain.
But does Solana have the potential to dethrone Ethereum and take over the DeFi sector?
On today's Coinmarketcap episode, we will discover just that. We’re going to dive deeper into the Solana and Ethereum differences, similarities and the problems they solve.
Make sure to let us know in the comments below… Which one do you choose:
Ethereum or Solana?
Additional reading here pixelplex.io/blog/solana-vs-e...
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[@shlakser]

Diversify and own both. Both are great projects and both have a bright future.

[@jimmullet5181]

6:21 “Whoever is the fastest, winds” 🤣😂🤣

[@sebastianmedel3325]

I am down to learn now just here for the hype good video! Subbed

[@TheRollupCo]

Nice explanation, very useful

[@Jaanimal]

Solana is the future

[@byXaghowHD]

Doubt it

[@tekk9995]

So is Oracle Software.. same idea..

[@technopedia6370]

E2.0 IS FUTURE OF FUTURE

[@jacksonmeta]

Dropped 80%

[@Jaanimal]

Solana is Eth 3.0

[@sanderaerts1864]

Sol, looking forward to the actual launch and upcomming evm 😉 Sol does this all in beta...

[@balenabros3246]

Solana is the new tech eth 2.0 is already old and used by other layer 1s. Still Solana will supercece in other areas eth will still be around

[@SSJavenger]

Solana being one year old and having the ecosystem and tech it has + working staking and a huge marketcap in just one year is insane. It hasn't even dumped that much in the current bear market if you consider how much it has grown.

[@rock0077]

It's better to collect solana now

[@floke7009]

lol its better to wait for the correction to occurr as we will see sub 100 bucks for solana

[@nandkishorvmore3115]

I most like sol...

[@xKyriakoZ]

@@floke7009 nah we won't

[@floke7009]

@@xKyriakoZ lol we just dipped below 100$, way earlier and faster and more brutal than I expected. local bottom was around $82.

[@xKyriakoZ]

@@floke7009 xd I was kidding yea bought some sol 10h ago gl

[@popps33]

As someone who has followed the industry since 2011, Solana has an edge economically. Its ecosystem is built for transactions which is fruitful but the cost of loss of security is a big issue. Solana is new and Ethereum is in a transition. I believe Solana may catch up but not pull ahead.

[@Cruela1995]

💯

[@popps33]

@@Snack-Fight looks pretty capable but young. Im curious of their ecosystem in 5 years. It’s circulation needs to reach 85-90% to for a true test.

[@bibleforovercomers]

Compare Phantom wallet v MetaMask. Solana repp'd much better in this area and the onboarding rush is only getting stronger✅

[@mannyc4403]

Uhh this was good. Thanks.

[@kelashp6546]

I have a question "In future If Solana facing DDOS attack more how could be the better than Ethereum?and it could drop the value of solana too

[@lammz67]

Solana

[@Naeuio]

How long will any layer 1 blockchains survive after ethereum's PoS?

[@petercallison5765]

Ethereum decentralization is based on the countless miners processing the chain. This all stops with ETH 2.0. I am a miner and have started selling off my gear. Nobody anywhere is talking about this.

[@hidekelkonsult6969]

Solana 👌 If they could only solve the DDoS attacks which enable attatckers to easily predict the next block

[@patman3310]

We need an updated version of this video. 4 months is an eternity in crypto

[@chukachris]

Can you make a similar video on Hedera vs Ethereum?

[@thevibe1220]

Hbar will fade away

[@angelvega9337]

IOTA

[@Unknown___8]

All in Solana!

[@manbirdcat5246]

💀💀💀

[@cryptoctupus5680]

neonLabs is soon to release a protocol that allows ethereum dapps to run on solana, (metaMask etc,) It will also allow ethereum developers to create new dapps using familiar solidity on the Solana network. This is a game changer for Solana and should give them a huge boost. However, if ehtereum 2.0 is released first, will that steal neonLab's thunder?

[@masterfrodo1084]

Solana 🚀

[@waldemarsopel9061]

Solana😍😎

[@alovedking]

Solana any day!!!

[@eupri7898]

What do u guys think Solana will be worth december 2022?

[@BLackGamers567]

Then Bitcoin will be 5K and Ethereum must be 400 USD if Solana will come down to 15 dollars.

[@joaquinphoenix7105]

Solana ❤️

[@winterheat]

I come here for an answer. You tell me to think what the answer is and put it as a comment

[@foadrahimi901]

Hi dear

[@syedazar4356]

Old is Gold

[@stiltonmemes3338]

Stilton is not just a Coin. It is a Lifestyle!

[@ahmadalbar2102]

Decentralization is the major reason of shifting to blockchain technologies and crypto currency. Waiting until Ethereum resolve the high gas issue, more fit with me than going to centralized networks (or less decentralization).

[@petercallison5765]

Ethereum decentralization is based on the countless miners processing the chain. This all stops with ETH 2.0. I am a miner and have started selling off my gear. If these guys knew anything they would be explaining how this is going to work ( I don't know).

[@chinys49]

Will solana’s market cap over ETH in 2022?

[@CoinMarketCapOfficial]

Only time will tell

[@SunnyDarkoShow]

@@CoinMarketCapOfficial Cant wait'

[@farookhalani8928]

👍

[@farookhalani8928]

👍🤑🚀

[@BLackGamers567]

Sol a fast moving coin

[@passivepulse4788]

PulseChain

[@kjack1932]

Anyone technical knows a successful rollout of ETH 2.0 will make Solana obsolete.

[@netify6582]

Anyone technical knows its only wishful thinking.

[@danielwhite6655]

Zoodiacs are cool ngl

[@WAMBHSE]

Neither, Pulsechain is better than both. It will show all in a few months when it takes over!

[@Dienex]

Treve the BIGGEST empty house billionaire out here man - he even taped the cable hider for the light to the wall to save money.

[@stiltonmemes3338]

Stilton is going to change your life.

[@loopba]

BTC and ETH eventually to zero once SOL to $10 million

[@masterfrodo1084]

Yes! 😂

[@user-ki5hw2uy7r]

Solana $$

[@martonpapp1958]

SOL!

[@giorgosplokamakis3506]

$ETH of course

[@k.o2347]

Its 1410 validators.. Not 1142. Solana was released in 2020 ( Not 2022).Make sure you understand what you are explaining and not just focus on production value.

[@cakmak3139]

Excatxly

[@digithat6496]

Great video. Please do SOL vs LUNA.

[@CoinMarketCapOfficial]

Great idea! Will do

[@salehahussain1803]

Solana is best

[@franksmith4687]

Is Solana really decentralized? Seems like a lot of VC in it. I don't like it.

[@ryandowning2750]

No it’s much more centralized than Ethereum and it has a lot of VC holding tons of coins

[@asyncasync]

It is flat out centralized and as such it solves no actual problems.

[@franksmith4687]

Ok, ty. That's what I was thinking...

[@tdoom2421]

Every major project moving forward will have VC money. Take a look, it's publicly available information and I'm not sure why VC money is a bad thing, it should be confused for centralization.

[@tdoom2421]

@@asyncasync current gas fees aren't a problem?

[@mr.attila28]

in the first place solana shouldn't be down if it is a real crypto !(Think before make it !)

[@imanarman7917]

Ok

[@Danny-pp8xz]

pulsechain ppl

[@xoizhyk]

just Shib 🤣🤣🤣

[@D3cast]

Dude there are repeating sentences on the video. Watch it once before putting it out.

[@fielcontadorcortes2537]

Eth

[@namoking3696]

Sorry excuse me 🚀🇮🇳🚀

[@brycez7352]

3:45 you repeat yourself multiple times

[@ZirJohn]

lol

[@SunnyDarkoShow]

SOL

[@thelamator5461]

I doubt solana will leave eth behind. In a year there is a new coin and people will say "solana is dead, this new coin is the future"... Ethereum has the big advantage to be anchored in the crypto space and I dont think anything will dethrone it in the near future

[@Hujjoojj]

ETH

[@zor4b]

1,394 validators is the precise number :P :p :P

[@tasinobayed6115]

Solona

[@alexl5656]

Solana!

[@mohammadraihangazi]

Sol will go ahead from eth soon

[@cloudhope75]

Oasis

[@mahalb4285]

Of course solana.

[@IQX-ETH]

ETH To THE MOON 🚀🚀🚀🚀🔥🔥🔥

[@JS-bk4pn]

AVAX but if I had to choose between the two I would go with Solana.

[@byXaghowHD]

Same but I would have to go with FTM

[@JS-bk4pn]

@@byXaghowHD FTM is one I really like but I can't find anywhere to buy it. I don't want to on Binance because it's not the real coin.

[@JS-bk4pn]

@Milan a Lmfao, Cardano is a ghost chain.

[@metamarvel7499]

Faster than Avalanche?

[@metamarvel7499]

I will say that they will both be utilized. Ethereum will run slower apps that require more safety and host other layers that do what Solana does (Solana-killers).

[@AR-zb4mi]

nope, they are not

[@geeked-outbasketball765]

ETH + MATIC > SOL

[@davidlambregts5168]

Sol

[@crazest5558]

sol

[@user-kl5lu9el6k]

Solana.

[@ChiefKapui]

What makes Solana a 4th Gen blockchain, it doesn't improve upon 3rd Gen tech. Radix DLT is a 4th Gen dlt as it solves the trilemma whilst maintaining atomic composability across shards.

[@thesleepeone]

What is Radix? About to do my research but would like more insight. Trilemma?

[@ChiefKapui]

@@thesleepeone previous post looks like it was deleted

[@MarceloLorD]

Put portuguese legend too, coloquem legendas em Português tbm, p..., sempre esquecem os latino-americanos.

[@netify6582]

Solana without blink of my eye. Innovative, fast, secure, predictibly-scalabe, composable, user-friendly, affordable and decentralized (regardless of incompetent opinions/FUDs claiming the opposite).

[@koolaidpuc]

Shaky security

[@netify6582]

@@koolaidpuc In what sense? Security is high and comparable to any other good PoS network imo. Network issues (digestion or even complete outage) which rarely happens affect only service availability which is between 96% to 100% for each month for last 12 months. It doesn't affect security at all. And especially for last 3 months, network is in pretty good shape if you ask me. Everything looks pretty good and currently I think we wait for new kinds of attacks to be discovered.

[@butWhyDad]

Eth 2.0 will make solana pointless.

[@misskubti617]

I really want to understand more about cryptocurrency. This information was so useful

[@CoinMarketCapOfficial]

You are welcome!

[@arabiancryptoman]

Only zilliqa

[@NerverMindEver]

Sol will be out of top 20 in 2022

[@metinarac6523]

First

[@tekk9995]

Isn't solana flawed because of the centralized setup? Downtime, attacks, killswitch. It's just another corporate database like that.

[@markgant9553]

Eth had downtime in its infancy, just growing pains of a new coin

[@lowkeynerd]

Neither, Ergo for sure.

[@khalidjalgaonkar1323]

First??

[@user-rp2uq4wn7c]

Русские ребята ! Надо же такое!Russian guys! It must be like this!

[@heygema]

2:02 Ethereum has made a name for itself as a pioneer of numerous functionalities, which brought about more value in the crypto industry. 2:09 Ethereum has made a name for itself as a pioneer of numerous functionalities, which brought about more value in the crypto industry.

[@CoinMarketCapOfficial]

Thanks for pointing it out! Fixed 🤓

[@Zoom2Infinity]

Ethereum or Solana? Cardano. Solves all the issues both those blockchains have.

[@byXaghowHD]

People are still supporting ADA? When there's stuff like FTM?

[@AhmadS-nm8ky]

Vote: solana

[@raulraul6978]

Vitalik Buterin, one of the founders of Ethereum, has alleged that 2.0 may eventually scale to as many as 100,000 transactions per second using sharding and other tactics.

[@byXaghowHD]

Still nothing compared to Fantom's network, and ETH still has ridiculous fees

[@generalgrievous4851]

Dont believe this. This actually means 100k across all of the L2’s built on ethereum combined which doesnt say much about ethereum itself

[@petercallison5765]

@@generalgrievous4851 You need to learn what FUD means

[@crochetRuby.]

DORAEMON INU is the best Crypto in the India 🍬🍭🍬🍭🍬🍭🍬🍭🍬🍭🍬

[@maopd6626]

DORAEMON INU is very good investment 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@AR-zb4mi]

Avalanche outperforms both of them, significantly. Avalanche has only been around a little over a year and daily transaction usage is about 70-80% of ETH's already. They may not be as good at Marketing, but i think once enough people realize it, Avalanche will be the winner.

[@koolaidpuc]

Increasing supply. No thank you.

[@AR-zb4mi]

@@koolaidpuc its hard capped. what there's a few more scheduled unlocks before the supply caps for good, thats what you mean? Then BTC falls under the same category. I'd say the bigger problem is that Solana can't scale

[@koolaidpuc]

@@AR-zb4mi just buy BTC and ETH! All the rest of them are just wannabes !

[@AR-zb4mi]

@@koolaidpuc in terms of adoption yes. In terms of the tech and design ETH is an absolute mess operating on the principle of "we'll figure it out at some point"... good luck with that, theyre gonna lose market share. BTC im on board with... as a store of value for sure

[@koolaidpuc]

@@AR-zb4mi eth 2.0 buddy 😈 the day it hits, game over for all these wannabes

[@cj92it]

Cardano, obviously ............ ETH is broken (and too expensive) and Solana is wayyyyy too centralized with too many VC investors, also.

[@pedroortiz4506]

Poorly researched, unnecesarily FUDdy. Disapointed.

[@ZirJohn]

Solana isn't decentralized enough, at this point it's just a payment processor/smart contract platform using blockchain. If it's attacked successfully, you're screwed, unlike with traditional payment processors like Visa.

[@tekk9995]

Exactly.

[@EuropaWill]

Screwed how exactly?

[@ZirJohn]

@@EuropaWill Well you can't get your money back from a blockchain but you can get it back from Visa. So 100% screwed vs small chance of being screwed with Visa.

[@EuropaWill]

@@ZirJohn Yes, thanks for the reply. I thought you were singling out Solana with this comment but it was a broader comment.

[@thevibe1220]

Etherum is already ahead, and solana will take 10 years to reach eth current market cap, by then eth will be worth 50k a coin, I don't understand why people think solana will pass eth

[@denversupermarket7484]

sorry m8 there were too many factual inaccuracies, this was a bad video. solana was not created in 2022, eth burning does mean there is scarcity built in to eth, saying that "it is an eth killer and this means it could overtake eth" is weird, but none of that is wrong, I guess I would prefer "they are classified as an eth killer, which means they are a competitor to eth as a platform". This doesn't mean "they could overtake eth", this means they want to, the "they could" is an opinion. i've only hear of third gen blockchains which all the "eth killers" fall into. idk also he repeted himself, just an editing mistake. idk if the development rate is faster in solana, i imagine with more tools existing for ethereum it would probably be faster to develop on, i'm not a dev so idk if its faster to write in rust or solana, but i think this was just a misspeak. aaaand not to sound like an eth maxi (i'm invested in sol and eth equally relative to market cap), but comparing the transaction volume and cost of just the base chain of eth vs the base chain of solana is a bit unfair. the talk of ethereum's inflation is missing a lot of context. I get that its hard to compare these two in 10 minutes, but maybe don't open up so many cans of worms if you can't tackle them all the way.

[@amangoyal9859]

THE Main Difference is Decentralization - Solana is 100% Centralized and ETH is 100% Decentralized. So at Core, Solana does not deserve to be crpto but unfortunately every crypto falls in this group except BTC and ETH .... so cant help

[@denversupermarket7484]

neither is 100% either way, I would not at all disagree that ethereum is waaaaaay more decentralized than solana

[@petercallison5765]

Ethereum decentralization is based on the countless miners processing the chain. This all stops with ETH 2.0. I am a miner and have started selling off my gear.

[@juliamelihat4849]

I HAVE INCURRED SO MUCH LOSSES TRADING ON MY OWN...I TRADE WELL ON DEMO BUT I THINK THE REAL MARKET IS MANIPULATED... CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG ?

[@Andremael]

Same here, My portfolio has been going down the drain while I try trading,l just don't know what I do wrong

[@RazaqBilal]

Trading with an expert is the best strategy for newbies and busy investors who have little or no time to monitor trade

[@claytonjuwan3498]

I lost £1200 carelessly trading on a platform then I was referred to Mrs Lisa Rickson she recovered the loss and made an extra profit of £4600

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[@ScottFrost]

Neither. Cardano / ADA will beat them both.

[@petercallison5765]

They should at least get a participation reward.