Comparison of XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
XRP
• Launch Year: 2012
• Purpose: Payments and remittances
• Transaction Speed: ~3-5 seconds
• Transaction Cost: ~$0.0002
• Consensus Mechanism: XRP Ledger Consensus Protocol
• Max Supply: 100 billion (pre-mined)
• Current Supply: ~52 billion
• Energy Efficiency: High (low energy use)
• Use Cases: Cross-border payments, banking
• Market Dominance: ~2%
Bitcoin (BTC)
• Launch Year: 2009
• Purpose: Digital gold and store of value
• Transaction Speed: ~10 minutes
• Transaction Cost: ~$1-10 (varies)
• Consensus Mechanism: Proof of Work (PoW)
• Max Supply: 21 million
• Current Supply: ~19.5 million
• Energy Efficiency: Low (high energy use)
• Use Cases: Store of value, payments
• Market Dominance: ~45%
Ethereum (ETH)
• Launch Year: 2015
• Purpose: Smart contracts and decentralized apps (dApps)
• Transaction Speed: ~15-30 seconds
• Transaction Cost: ~$1-50 (varies with demand)
• Consensus Mechanism: Proof of Stake (PoS)
• Max Supply: Unlimited (but capped annually)
• Current Supply: ~120 million
• Energy Efficiency: Medium (post-merge to PoS)
• Use Cases: DeFi, NFTs, dApps, smart contracts
• Market Dominance: ~20%
Outfarer : Still got retreat/pullback? Thanksgiving 28th maybe people cash out and drop again?