Conflux vs Ethereum

Conflux3.7/5

VS

Ethereum4.3/5

Feature	ConfluxVisit	EthereumVisit
Ratings
Our score	3.7/5	4.3/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Performance	4.0	3.0
Fees	4.5	3.5
Ecosystem	2.5	5.0
Decentralization	3.5	5.0
Developer experience	4.0	4.5
Specs
Layer	Layer 1	Layer 1
Consensus / design	Other	Proof of Stake
Native token	CFX	ETH
EVM compatible	Yes	Yes
Smart contract languages	Solidity	Solidity, Vyper
Block time	Not disclosed	12 seconds
Typical transaction fee	0	0.15 to 0.5 gwei
Finality	Not disclosed	12.8 minutes
Mainnet since	Not disclosed	2,015
Sequencer	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data availability	On-chain	EIP-4844 blobs and calldata
Gas paid in	CFX	ETH
Company
Founded	2018	2015
Headquarters	—	Switzerland
Investors	Baidu Ventures, FREES	Public crowdsale participants
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Native fee sponsorship allows zero-balance users to interact with decentralized applications Dual-space structure gives Ethereum developers native Solidity EVM compatibility on eSpace Parallel Tree-Graph ledger avoids standard single-chain sequential confirmation bottlenecks Backed by $55M in funding from investors including Baidu Ventures	Uninterrupted 100% network uptime since its July 2015 launch Nearly $50B in total value locked in October 2026 Hosts approximately $180B of stablecoins on mainnet as of July 2026 Open client ecosystem with no single point of corporate failure
Cons	Modest DeFi total value locked of about $6.4M as of October 2026 Core Space and eSpace are separate execution environments Trust Wallet removed native support in September 2026, requiring manual custom EVM configuration Staking rewards of 4% are funded through inflationary token issuance	Base-layer transaction fees spike significantly during periods of heavy congestion Layer-1 execution throughput remains limited to under 30 transactions per second Complex smart contract interactions can become costly during peak network demand
Best for	EVM developers targeting Asian markets, Web3 projects subsidizing user gas, Cross-chain decentralized application builders	DeFi liquidity providers and traders, Smart contract developers using Solidity, Layer-2 rollup deployment teams

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