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July is formally over (are you able to imagine it??) which suggests we will now take a backwards have a look at what occurred within the crypto markets final month.
Immediately we’re going to concentrate on a battle that’s as outdated as t…
Effectively it’s really solely a bit over 4 years outdated – however in crypto years, that’s a very long time.
We’re speaking about Ethereum vs. Solana!
(Particularly, the quantity of utilization of DEX’s constructed on Ethereum in comparison with these inbuilt Solana).
For the primary time ever, Solana beat out Ethereum by way of general buying and selling quantity for the month (see header picture 👆).
Which is fascinating in itself – however what’s extra fascinating is why this may be the case.
Finally it comes down to 3 predominant issues:
Branding! Critically, if Twitter is something to go by, the variety of occasions we’ve heard individuals speaking about Solana as a ‘enjoyable’ blockchain to construct on is straight up bizarre.
Meme cash. The undisputed champion of the present cycle’s narrative to date are meme cash.
These developed on the cheaper blockchain choices (Solana and Base) have blown up, whereas basic NFT tasks like Bored Apes constructed on Ethereum have tumbled in worth and commerce quantity.
Lastly: value, group and creativity. The extra the web3 business matures, the much less individuals appear to be prepared to spend cash on gasoline charges.
Solana shouldn’t be solely 100-1000 occasions cheaper for gasoline (transaction) charges over Ethereum (relying on community congestion), today Solana actually doesn’t have any much less performance than Ethereum both.
Plus, the best way Solana has bridged the hole between the developer group and the customers is one thing to admire.
Whereas this looks as if an advert for the Solana blockchain – it’s not!
Each Ethereum and Solana have their distinctive place within the web3 ecosystem.
However information don’t lie!
And based mostly on the present trajectory, once we extrapolate this information out a number of weeks, months or years, it appears like Ethereum could possibly be in for a tough experience.
Let’s see how issues pan out!
