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BTC—ETH—BTC MAX SUPPLY21,000,000BTC MINED20,000,000+BLOCK REWARD3.125 BTCNEXT HALVING~2028BTC BLOCK TIME~10 MINETH BLOCK TIME12 SECETH TRANSFER21,000 GAS1 BTC100,000,000 SATS1 ETH1,000,000,000 GWEISTABLECOIN TARGET$1.00US CRYPTO FRAUD LOSSES 2025$11.4BCRYPTOS LISTED~17,400FIRST BLOCKJAN 3 2009

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Bitcoin vs. EthereumBitcoin is digital money with a fixed supply of 21 million coins, secured by mining.Ethereum vs. SolanaEthereum and Solana are both smart-contract platforms.XRP vs. StellarXRP and Stellar (XLM) are both payment networks built for fast, cheap transfers between currencies, and they share a co-founder, Jed McCaleb.Bitcoin vs. LitecoinLitecoin was created in 2011 as a lighter version of Bitcoin.BNB vs. EthereumBNB is the coin of BNB Chain, a blockchain created by the Binance exchange that is compatible with Ethereum apps and wallets.Cardano vs. SolanaCardano and Solana are both proof-of-stake smart-contract platforms that launched in 2017 and 2020.Dogecoin vs. Shiba InuDogecoin and Shiba Inu are the two best-known meme coins, both based on the Shiba Inu dog.Tether vs. USD CoinTether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) are the two largest dollar stablecoins, both designed to stay worth $1.Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin CashBitcoin Cash split from Bitcoin on August 1, 2017, after a long dispute about how to scale.Ethereum vs. CardanoEthereum and Cardano are both proof-of-stake smart-contract platforms.Solana vs. AvalancheSolana and Avalanche are both fast proof-of-stake platforms launched in 2020.Polkadot vs. Cosmos HubPolkadot and Cosmos both aim to connect many blockchains so they can work together.

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