This is a quick comparison using X SuperGrok engine... (NOTE: UNVERIFIED)
| Characteristic | Hive | Solana | Ethereum | Polygon | Bitcoin | Monero |
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| Technology | Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) | Proof of Stake (PoS) + Proof of History | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Work (PoW) | Proof of Work (PoW, RandomX) |
| Blocks per second | ~0.33 (3s block time) | ~2.56 (0.39s block time) | ~0.083 (12s block time) | ~0.45 (2.2s block time) | ~0.0023 (436s block time) | ~0.0083 (120s block time) |
| Max transactions per second registered | ~1,000 | 4,709 | 62 | 429 | 13 | ~90 |
| Max theoretical transactions per second possible | 10,000 | 65,000 | 119 | 714 | 7 | 1,700 |
| Support for NFTs and other contracts | Yes (NFTs); Limited smart contracts | Yes (full smart contracts & NFTs) | Yes (full smart contracts & NFTs) | Yes (full smart contracts & NFTs) | Limited (Ordinals for NFTs); No smart contracts | No |
| Energy consumption rating | Low (DPoS) | Low (PoS) | Low (PoS) | Low (PoS) | High (PoW) | High (PoW) |
| Level of Decentralization | Medium (20-30 elected witnesses control consensus) | Medium (1,500+ validators, but high hardware requirements) | High (10,000+ nodes, broad validator participation) | Medium (100 validators, L2 tied to Ethereum) | High (15,000+ nodes, miner distribution) | High (CPU mining, permissionless node operation) |
| Transaction fees | $0 | ~$0.00025 | ~$0.46 | ~$0.004 | ~$0.90 | ~$0.00014 |
| Governance | Community voting for witnesses and committee members (DPoS) | Token-holder voting via SPL tokens on proposals | Off-chain rough consensus via EIPs and community discussion | Community-driven via Polygon Improvement Proposals (PIPs) | Off-chain consensus among developers, miners, and users via BIPs | Informal community-driven through proposals and CCS |
Why ARE we on HIVE?
Because... (and I haven't edited anything or corrected anything from the AI engine I searched about, which was SuperGrok, the current "smartest" AI engine of X)
I know some things might not be super accurate because they depend. But overall, I wanted to make things fair... and don't edit anything... just asked AI.