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Ethereum ($ETH) is a platform that helps developers to build and publish next-generation distributed applications.

Quick facts

Ethereum is a Layer 1 blockchain
Ethereum utilizes a “Proof of Work” (POW) consensus mechanism, but is planning to shift to “Proof of Stake” (PoS) consensus with the Ethereum 2.0 (ETH2) update
Ethereum Mainnet (ETH1) has limited scaling capabilities; it averages 15 Transactions Per Second (TPS). But with ETH2, founder Vitalik Buterin claims TPS will scale to roughly 100,000 TPS
Ethereum’s average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) is roughly $15.34, but during peak traffic, CPT can rise as high as a few hundred dollars per transaction
Ethereum’s White Paper 📄

(as of 4/10/22)

Performance Data

Metric	Value
Active Transactions Per Second (TPS)	25.24 TPS
Max Theoretical TPS	ETH1 ≈ 15 TPS; ETH2 estimated at 100,000 TPS
Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT)	26 gwei
Block Height	14,546,200
Environmental Impact	∙ Ethereum risks it all on going green
Bridges	∙ Crosschain Bridge ∙ Tezos Wrap Protocol Bridge ∙ Binance Smart Chain Bridge ∙ Solana’s Wormhole Bridge ∙ Avalanche Bridge ∙ Bitcoin Cash Smartbch Bridge

Github Activity

(as of 4/10/22)

Metric	Value
ETH Price	$3,221.75
Market Cap	$387.50B
Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap	#2
Token Trading Volume – 24hr	$16.8B
Total Value Locked (TVL)	$122.43B
Liquidity	$933.04M
Number of Active Addresses (24hr)	545,394
Number of Unique Addresses	194,286,712
Circulating Supply	120,293,616 ETH
Total Supply	120,293,616 ETH
Node Count	2,584 nodes
Inflation Rate	0.54%