Recently, the Layer-1 ecosystem has heated up again. Let's discuss the 15 mainchains worth following this year.
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Sei is really outrageous - it has increased by 6000% in 2023. Although the hype has calmed down a bit now, this chain focused on DeFi truly has some skills. The native matching engine significantly reduces trading delays, something that other chains cannot replicate.
Kaspa is also不错——257% increase, mainly relying on the GHOSTDAG consensus mechanism and the technical upgrade from GoLang to Rust. The processing speed is indeed fast, with an increase of over 1800% in 2023.
The performance of the traditional big brother:
- Solana: 464% increase, $61B market cap, has surpassed XRP to become the fifth largest coin.
- Bitcoin: 108% increase, $1.2T market cap, invincible
- Ethereum: 47% increase, $49B