The Ethereum Blockchain
Ethereum & Layer 2s
The settlement engine of onchain finance
Ethereum is a general-purpose blockchain for programmable money and applications, secured by proof of stake and extended by a growing family of Layer 2 networks.
- Smart contracts & the EVM run DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins and core infrastructure.
- Layer 2 rollups scale throughput and cut fees while settling securely back to Ethereum.
- Staking replaces mining, with validators and staking pools securing the chain in return for ETH rewards.
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