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28 Jan 2022
Solana is one of the world’s cheapest and fastest public blockchains. It has a block time of 400 milliseconds and transaction fees of less than $0.01. Solana’s native token is SOL. Fractional sols are called “lamports” and each lamport equals 0.0000000000582 SOL. SOL can be: staked directly on the network delegated to validators in return for in...
Fantom is a network of blockchains where transactions are finalized in a second and cost a fraction of a cent. Its main use cases include payments, digital identity, and medical records. Fantom uses a leaderless Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism called Lachesis. The Lachesis consensus can be plugged into any blockchain and also powers Fantom’s Op...
27 Jan 2022
Terra is the second-largest Decentralised Finance (DeFi) blockchain - after Ethereum. The total value locked (TVL) in Terra is over $15 billion. Terra is an open-source public blockchain protocol for algorithmic stablecoins. It enables the creation of fiat-pegged stablecoins that can be spent, saved, traded, or exchanged on the Terra blockchain. ...
26 Jan 2022
Celo is a proof-of-stake mobile-first blockchain that "makes financial dApps and crypto payments accessible to anyone with a mobile phone". It has an average block time of 5 seconds and is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible. Celo uses mobile phone number mapping to public keys. Celo transactions are fast & light because the bl...