Comparison of Chains

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Internet Computer Stacks Lightning Network
Layer Type Sidechain
Main-net Launch Date May 2021
High-level Summary
Focused Industries
  • DeFi
  • GameFi
  • SocialFi
  • Ordinals/NFTs
  • Payment
  • DeFi
  • Payment
Programming Languages
  • Typescript
  • Rust
  • Python
  • Motoko
Key Differentiations
  • Full stack programming solution
  • Native integration with BTC (can sign txs and read UTXO set)
  • Similar integration into ETH allows multi-chain txs
Important Links
Associated Tokens
  • ICP
  • ckBTC
  • STX
  • sBTC