Ethereum vs TON

Ethereum4.3/5

VS

TON3.6/5

Feature	EthereumVisit	TONVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	3.6/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Performance	3.0	4.5
Fees	3.5	4.5
Ecosystem	5.0	3.5
Decentralization	5.0	3.0
Developer experience	4.5	3.0
Specs
Layer	Layer 1	Layer 1
Consensus / design	Proof of Stake	Proof of Stake
Native token	ETH	GRAM
EVM compatible	Yes	No
Smart contract languages	Solidity, Vyper	Tolk, FunC, Tact
Block time	12 seconds	~0.4s
Typical transaction fee	0.15 to 0.5 gwei	0.00039 Gram
Finality	12.8 minutes	~0.6s
Validators / sequencer	Not disclosed	384
Mainnet since	2,015	2,021
Throughput (TPS)	Not disclosed	100,000+
Sequencer	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data availability	EIP-4844 blobs and calldata	Not disclosed
Gas paid in	ETH	GRAM
Company
Founded	2015	2018
Headquarters	Switzerland	—
Investors	Public crowdsale participants	Private SAFT Investors, Hypersphere, Mirana Ventures
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Native access to Telegram users via embedded non-custodial wallets Sub-second settlement with 0.4-second block times and 0.6-second finality Fixed base fees of 0.00039 Gram per transfer regardless of network load Over 1.4 billion circulating native USDt on the network as of October 2026
Cons	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	High validator staking requirement of roughly 1 million Gram limits solo validation DeFi liquidity and total value locked remain significantly lower than Ethereum and Solana Cross-chain bridge exploit in May 2026 led to $2.8 million in losses Non-EVM architecture requires developers to learn custom languages like Tact and FunC
Best for	DeFi liquidity providers and traders, Smart contract developers using Solidity, Layer-2 rollup deployment teams	Telegram mini-app developers, Low-cost peer-to-peer stablecoin transfers, Mass token and NFT airdrops

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