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.

Cardano

The Ethereum Classic Blockchain is the original Ethereum blockchain and one of the largest and most established blockchain networks in existence. The Ethereum Classic (ETC) cryptocurrency token is a tradable, digital asset that is part of a system that can be used to trade goods, assets, or services.

	Cardano	Ethereum Classic
Created by	Charles Hoskinson	Vitalik Buterin
Native token	ADA	ETC
Consensus algorithm	PoS	PoW
Hashing algorithm	EdDSA	KECCAK-256
Supports EVM	No	Yes
TPS	250	15
Block time (secs)	20	13
Layer	1	1
Supports smart contracts	Yes	Yes
Average transaction fee	$0.18	$0.0001
Staking rewards (APR)	5%	%

Cardano vs. Ethereum Classic

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