Bitcoin and Ethereum are the two pillars of the cryptocurrency world, yet they serve fundamentally different purposes. While both use blockchain technology to maintain a decentralized ledger, their goals, technology, and economic models set them apart.
Bitcoin (
$BTC ): Digital Gold
Bitcoin was launched in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Its primary design is to be a decentralized alternative to traditional currencies and a store of value.
Fixed Supply: Bitcoin has a hard cap of 21 million coins. This scarcity is a core part of its "digital gold" narrative, intended to hedge a