Ethereum is a decentralized platform powered by blockchain technology. It works on a peer-to-peer network that executes and verifies Smart Contracts. ETH or Ether is the native currency of the Ethereum platform.
Transactional data stored on Ethereum is immutable as it is distributed across a network. Each transaction leads to an update of all the distributed databases after it passes a high-level verification process. Any tampering with the data will result in a mismatch with other databases leading to rejection of the tempered database. Further, the data storage is highly transparent as peers can look into each transaction.
This high security of the transactional data offered by Ethereum accrues value to Ether. This is because conducting transactions on Ethereum requires spending of ETH.
As per Wikipedia – “Solana is a public blockchain platform with smart contract functionality. Its native cryptocurrency is SOL. Solana claims to offer faster transaction times and lower costs than its main competitor.”
The platform of Solana is designed to host decentralized, scalable applications. Where decentralization means the control and decision-making power is distributed to all the peers on the network rather than lying with a central authority.
On the other hand, scalability in a blockchain means the capacity to support a high load of transactions along with a large number of nodes in the network.
*Market Cap or Market Capitalization is the value of a company being traded on a stock market. It is calculated by multiplying the total number of shares with the present share price. The value mentioned above is as on 4th May 2022.
**Ethereum 2.0 projects 100K transactions per second (TPS).