Ethereum is a public blockchain designed for applications and smart contracts. ETH is its native asset, used to pay transaction fees and support network security. The network hosts a large range of decentralized financial and digital-asset applications.
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Ethereum is a public blockchain designed for applications and smart contracts. ETH is its native asset, used to pay transaction fees and support network security. The network hosts a large range of decentralized financial and digital-asset applications.
Ethereum uses proof of stake. Developers deploy smart contracts to the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and scaling networks can process activity while settling data or proofs to Ethereum.
Decentralized exchanges, lending, stablecoins, token issuance, NFTs, DAOs and blockchain-based applications.
Ethereum emphasizes general-purpose programmability, a mature developer ecosystem and multiple rollup-based scaling approaches.
Smart-contract exploits, high fees during congestion, bridge and layer-2 risks, and variable staking returns. Smart-contract interactions can be irreversible.
