Comparison of Chains

	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	Developer Docs Home Bitcoin Integration Whitepaper
Associated Tokens	ICP ckBTC	STX sBTC