<p>I recently discovered Solana too and found that it has <em><strong>awesome</strong></em> speed. Here are my thoughts from a little review:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Decentralized limit</strong>: Hardware recommended requirements for Solana nodes are pretty advanced which limits the amount of nodes that can be run.</li>
<li><strong>Speed</strong>: Project Hydra from Cardano has a theoretical limit of 1M TPS acheiving 1/10 of that will still be significant.</li>
<li><strong>Adoption</strong>: Its not always just about technology, I like IOG approach to get adoption with deals. Even if the Africa deal falls through they are still pursuing other opportunities.</li>
<li><strong>Transparency</strong>: I honestly couldnt find any way to actually connect with the people behind Solara. It just looks like they are popping out high performance tools. I do wonder if there is a tradeoff being done for speed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Finally, I really like the goal of Cardano which is about making the world a better place by building for the globe.</p>
<p>Most of the crypto ecosystem is mainly in first world countries.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-04-28T18:15:10.353Z
The transparency part seems to be the biggest one for me. It seems like there was/is some controversy with how they dealt with the token distribution.
Alexander Sung
CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-05-02T23:20:59.963Z
I do want to invest into it, however I like being a part of a community building together rather than investing for the purpose of price sky rocketing. If you find anything that makes you want to get involved with solara, please do share!
CosmicCat
CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-04-28T17:27:30.913Z
2021-04-29T10:21:24.323Z
2021-04-29T10:21:24.323Z
CosmicCat
<ul>
<li>Research papers and correctness proofs</li>
<li>Transparency</li>
</ul>
<p>The first will be hard for other chains to reproduce, though some of the results are not specific to Cardano / Ouroboros so they could be adopted by other chains.</p>
<p>The second is an on-going process and it would be possible for another chain to surpass Cardano either due to governance failures in Cardano or exceptional transparency of the other chain, but I don't belive this has yet (2021-04-28) happened.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-04-28T23:03:33.093Z
2021-04-28T23:03:33.093Z
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
<p>I'm a developer looking into starting my first dApp project. I've been waiting for Cardano to release smart contracts due to Ethereum's insane gas fees and low transaction throughput.</p>
<p>I recently discovered another blockchain (Solana) that already supports smart contracts and has even cheaper transaction fees and very high transaction throughput. Since it's not even possible for me to build my project on Cardano at this moment, and my original reasons for considering Cardano were low fees and high TPS, I'm beginning to consider building on the Solana platform instead.</p>
<p>I'd like to get your insights on what unique advantages Cardano offers over other platforms before making my decision.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-05-04T09:27:21.817Z
You will probably get better answers to this opinion question on https://www.reddit.com/r/CardanoDevelopers/  You will get a wider variety of responses than here.
gRebel
<decentralized-applications>
What advantages does Cardano have over other "fast" blockchains?
# What advantages does Cardano have over other "fast" blockchains?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-28)

I'm a developer looking into starting my first dApp project. I've been waiting for Cardano to release smart contracts due to Ethereum's insane gas fees and low transaction throughput.

I recently discovered another blockchain (Solana) that already supports smart contracts and has even cheaper transaction fees and very high transaction throughput. Since it's not even possible for me to build my project on Cardano at this moment, and my original reasons for considering Cardano were low fees and high TPS, I'm beginning to consider building on the Solana platform instead.

I'd like to get your insights on what unique advantages Cardano offers over other platforms before making my decision.

**Tags:** decentralized-applications
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You will probably get better answers to this opinion question on https://www.reddit.com/r/CardanoDevelopers/  You will get a wider variety of responses than here.  

---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-04-28. Score: 21 | Accepted answer

I recently discovered Solana too and found that it has ***awesome*** speed. Here are my thoughts from a little review:

* **Decentralized limit**: Hardware recommended requirements for Solana nodes are pretty advanced which limits the amount of nodes that can be run.
* **Speed**: Project Hydra from Cardano has a theoretical limit of 1M TPS acheiving 1/10 of that will still be significant.
* **Adoption**: Its not always just about technology, I like IOG approach to get adoption with deals. Even if the Africa deal falls through they are still pursuing other opportunities.
* **Transparency**: I honestly couldnt find any way to actually connect with the people behind Solara. It just looks like they are popping out high performance tools. I do wonder if there is a tradeoff being done for speed.

Finally, I really like the goal of Cardano which is about making the world a better place by building for the globe.

Most of the crypto ecosystem is mainly in first world countries.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The transparency part seems to be the biggest one for me. It seems like there was/is some controversy with how they dealt with the token distribution.  
> **username_2**: I do want to invest into it, however I like being a part of a community building together rather than investing for the purpose of price sky rocketing. If you find anything that makes you want to get involved with solara, please do share!  

---

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-04-28. Score: 3

* Research papers and correctness proofs
* Transparency

The first will be hard for other chains to reproduce, though some of the results are not specific to Cardano / Ouroboros so they could be adopted by other chains.

The second is an on-going process and it would be possible for another chain to surpass Cardano either due to governance failures in Cardano or exceptional transparency of the other chain, but I don't belive this has yet (2021-04-28) happened.


---

