Avalanche blockchain is a decentralized platform for public and private ledgers that combines performance and security. Avalanche is a platform that allows for multiple different blockchain systems to be layered on top of each other in order to create an infinitely scalable, cryptographically secure, tamper-proof ledger that can be used for any number of industries. The Avalanche network will be resistant to attacks from quantum computers, which are predicted to be capable of breaking the asymmetric encryption used today.

Avalanche

Cardano is a blockchain platform that, in some ways, aims to improve on the design of the original blockchain. Cardano is an open source project that features a smart contract system as well as a new proof-of-stake algorithm. What makes Cardano unique from other blockchain platforms is their philosophy of engineering decisions toward a "philosophy of simplicity". The goal of this philosophy is to eventually reduce the total number of ways to interact with the chain to three: (1) stake, (2) spend and (3) vote.

	Avalanche	Cardano
Created by	Emin Gün Sirer, Kevin Sekniqi, and Ted Yin	Charles Hoskinson
Native token	AVAX	ADA
Consensus algorithm	PoS	PoS
Hashing algorithm	KECCAK-256	EdDSA
Supports EVM	Yes	No
TPS	4500	250
Block time (secs)	2	20
Layer	0	1
Supports smart contracts	Yes	Yes
Average transaction fee	$0.12	$0.18
Staking rewards (APR)	8.96%	5%

Avalanche vs. Cardano

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Is Avalanche faster than Cardano?

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