Solana vs Ethereum - The battle of Layer 1 chains has been raging on since 2020, in the middle of DeFi Summer. Before the 2021 bull run, with L1 chains, Ethereum was undoubtedly the behemoth of DeFi. One of the most hyped contenders of them all is probably Solana. Despite being just a relatively new blockchain, it's attracted a horde of pitchfork-holding haters (and smart-money-following VC lovin' investors too). Let the battle begin! Links Mentioned Ethereum - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/ethereum Solana - https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/solana Article on SOL vs ETH - https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/solana-vs-ethereum-the-battle-for-l1-dominance Timestamps: 00:00 The rise of L1s 00:45 Consensus Mechanism 02:18 Transaction Speed 02:50 Scalability 03:13 Downtime 04:05 Programming Language 05:22 Showdown results Download CoinGecko App!📱 iOS: https://gcko.io/coingecko-ios Android: https://gcko.io/coingecko-android Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/coingecko Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coingecko TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coingeckotv Telegram: https://t.me/coingecko Subscribe to CoinGecko's Newsletter! 📩 https://landing.coingecko.com/newsletter/ #Solana #Ethereum #Layer1 #blockchain