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 Coin creation occurs through proof of work (PoW).

 Transaction time can be as little as 14 seconds, although it can go higher based on confirmation requirements.

 Transactions aren’t fully anonymous.

 Ethereum is more decentralized than Bitcoin.

 Mining Ethereum requires less wasted energy than Bitcoin mining does.

For most of 2018, Ripple was the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, at around $19 billion. However, during the first half of 2021, Ripple’s market cap hovered at around $30 billion but dropped to sixth place in the ever-changing market cap listings. As of this writing, Cardano, Tether, Ethereum, and Bitcoin have larger market caps, but these rating orders can change overnight!

The idea of Ripple actually goes all the way back to 2004. That’s way before Satoshi and Bitcoin. In 2004, Ryan Fugger founded a company called RipplePay. According to https://blog.bitmex.com/the-ripple-story/, the idea behind the protocol was a “peer-to-peer trust network of financial relations that would replace banks.”