25/12/2021
Solana (SOL)
Compared to Ethereum, Solana is a relative newcomer to the crypto space. The cryptocurrency has skyrocketed in popularity, however, making Solana the fourth-most-valuable crypto in the world. Solana also supports dApps and NFTs, but it claims to have only 350 or so projects on the network at this point. Solana's unique combination of proof-of-history, or PoH, and proof-of-stake, or PoS, transaction verification models is much faster than Ethereum's proof-of-work, or PoW model. Solana also has lower fees than Ethereum, and its unique verification process uses far less energy than PoW models, making it a greener crypto than Bitcoin and Ethereum.