Cardano vs. Stellar
无论您是刚刚开始投资加密货币，还是该领域的老手, 您可能已经接触过艾达币 (ADA)和恒星币 (XLM)这两种按市值上最受欢迎的加密货币.
艾达币(Cardano)和恒星币(Stellar)在处理其理念、设计和价值主张方面都有着很大的不同。
To help you better understand the differences between the two networks, please scroll below to find a side-by-side comparison of Cardano vs Stellar.
艾达币和恒星币的区别
DATE FOUNDED
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)于2017年9月27日成立
Stellar
恒星 (Stellar)公司于2014年7月31日成立。
CREATOR
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
卡尔达诺(Cardano)由以太坊 (Ethereum)的联合创始人之一，技术专家Jeremy Wood和＆nbsp; Charles Hoskinson创建的。
Stellar
Stellar was created by Jed McCaleb.
TICKER
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
ADA
Stellar
XLM
愿景
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
Cardano’s primary use case is to allow transactions in its native cryptocurrency, ADA, and to enable developers to build secure decentralized applications powered by it.
However, Cardano differs from other blockchain projects by emphasizing a research-driven approach to design, aiming to achieve an academic rigor it believes will propel adoption of its technology.
While Cardano may not promise new ground-breaking features, users and developers may find its cryptocurrency offers appealing optimizations based on scientific research and formal verification, a process by which its code is verified mathematically.
Further, Cardano is released in phases and has seen 5 major platform upgrades since 2017, including Byron, which enabled the transfer for ADA cryptocurrency for the first time and Voltaire, which introduced a new model for how users could fund development for software changes.
Stellar
Stellar was created with the aim to change the way currencies and assets were transferred globally and has been described as everything from a payment rail to an exchange.
The Stellar platform incentivizes a distributed network of computers to run a software that enables anyone to send money and assets in ways that have traditionally been the domain of payment providers.
Stellar differs from Ripple in attempts to position itself as a kind of decentralized exchange, with a built-in order book that keeps track of the ownership of Stellar assets. These assets can then be traded on its platform between users using its Stellar Lumens XLM cryptocurrency.
LAUNCH & ISSUANCE
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
Cardano is maintained by three separate and independent organizations.
The Cardano Foundation oversees development of the Cardano blockchain.
IOHK built Cardano and designed Ouroboros, the proof-of-stake algorithm Cardano uses to operate its network.
Emurgo helps encourage enterprises and larger organizations to adopt Cardano’s technology.
At the time of its launch, approximately 31 billion ADA were created, nearly 26 billion of which were sold to investors by a Japan-based company hired to manage the sale. Participants were able to purchase vouchers that could later be exchanged for ADA on the software’s release.
Stellar
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization supporting Stellar’s growth and development, was tasked with distributing Stellar’s initial 100 billion XLM supply over a period of 10 years.
The XLM issued at launch was set to be distributed to users who signed up for a Direct Sign-up Program, to Bitcoin and Ripple holders, to Stellar Partners (such as SatoshiPay and Abra) and to the SDF itself for its operational budget.
However, the SDF came across some roadblocks with the distribution and only managed to distribute 7.375 billion XLM. As a response, the SDF team made changes to its supply curve and burned over 50 billion XLM, reducing the total supply to just above 50 billion XLM.
NETWORK DESIGN
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
To secure its network, Cardano uses Ouroboros, a consensus mechanism similar to Proof of Stake (PoS) ones that enables users to validate transactions and earn newly minted ADA.
Ouroboros divides time into epochs and slots, where epochs are the overarching time frames, and slots are 20-second increments within epochs.
Within each slot, a slot leader is randomly chosen and is responsible for choosing the blocks that get added to the blockchain.
Once the epoch has ended, the previous slot leaders elect the slot leaders of the next epoch.
Stellar
Stellar copied much of its code from the XRP ledger meaning the two assets share a common code base and design scheme. Stellar has since made several technical changes to differentiate itself from its counterpart.
Central to powering its network is Stellar Core, a software used to maintain its ledger and to validate its transactions. Nodes running the software can be set up to serve as watchers, who can submit transactions, Archivers, who store the activity of the network, and validators, who validate transactions and vote on network upgrades through the Stellar Consensus Protocol.
货币政策
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
ADA is the main cryptocurrency powering Cardano, is minted every block and distributed to slot leaders as rewards for verifying transactions.
Like many other cryptocurrencies, the supply of ADA tokens is limited, meaning that according to the software’s rules there will only ever be 45 billion ADA.
In early 2021, 31 billion ADA were in circulation, with the remaining 14 billion scheduled to be issued through minting.
Stellar
当Stellar发行时创建了1000亿XLM，软件规则规定供应量以每年1％的速度增长，直到达到最大供应量1050亿个XLM。
当发展基金会(SDF)采取措施规范XLM经济，并将可用的XLM数量从1050亿降至500多亿时， 恒星(Stellar)用户可以投票决定终止其程序化供应的增加。
最后，恒星币(XLM)也被用作为网络上交易的燃料，因为每次进行交易时都会扣除0.00001 XLM的费用，这有助于防止不良行为者在其网络上制造垃圾邮件。
卡尔达诺 (Cardano)
Cardano’s primary use case is to allow transactions in its native cryptocurrency, ADA, and to enable developers to build secure decentralized applications powered by it.
However, Cardano differs from other blockchain projects by emphasizing a research-driven approach to design, aiming to achieve an academic rigor it believes will propel adoption of its technology.
While Cardano may not promise new ground-breaking features, users and developers may find its cryptocurrency offers appealing optimizations based on scientific research and formal verification, a process by which its code is verified mathematically.
Further, Cardano is released in phases and has seen 5 major platform upgrades since 2017, including Byron, which enabled the transfer for ADA cryptocurrency for the first time and Voltaire, which introduced a new model for how users could fund development for software changes.
Stellar
Stellar was created with the aim to change the way currencies and assets were transferred globally and has been described as everything from a payment rail to an exchange.
The Stellar platform incentivizes a distributed network of computers to run a software that enables anyone to send money and assets in ways that have traditionally been the domain of payment providers.
Stellar differs from Ripple in attempts to position itself as a kind of decentralized exchange, with a built-in order book that keeps track of the ownership of Stellar assets. These assets can then be traded on its platform between users using its Stellar Lumens XLM cryptocurrency.
Useful resources
如果您有兴趣了解更多关于艾达币(Cardano)和恒星币(Stellar)的信息，请访问Kraken的 什么是恒星币(XLM)? 和 什么是艾达币(Cardano ADA)？ 的页面。