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| Ether | Bitcoin | |
|---|---|---|
| Exit difficulty | 2 | 2 |
| Volatility | 5 | 5 |
| Leverage | 3 | 3 |
| Carry cost | 1 | 1 |
| Fraud risk | 5 | 5 |
| Protection gap | 5 | 5 |
| Barrier to entry | 1 | 1 |
| Expertise needed | 5 | 4 |
| Difficulty | 59 Tough | 56 Tough |
| In a sentence | The fuel for a programmable settlement network — closer to a claim on the usage of a platform than to a currency. | A fixed-supply digital bearer asset with no cash flow, no issuer and no closing bell — the first thing to demonstrate that money could be a protocol. |
| Unit | 1 ETH = 10^18 wei | 1 BTC = 100,000,000 satoshis |
| Smallest realistic trade | A few pounds’ worth | A few pounds’ worth |
| Settlement | On-chain, around 12 seconds per block | On-chain, roughly every ten minutes, irreversibly |
The fingerprint measures how demanding a market is to take part in. It is not a rating or a recommendation.