Compare Cardano and Linea on TVL, fees, revenue and activity to understand how these projects stack up.
$71.14M
Cardano uses the Ouroboros Proof‑of‑Stake protocol and an Extended‑UTxO ledger that enables deterministic smart contracts in Plutus and Aiken. Its ‘Basho’ scaling era introduced Hydra Head sidechains capable of 1000 TPS per head, and Mithril light‑client proofs for mobile wallets. Over 1 500 stake pools secure the network and participate in on‑chain treasury governance.
Linea is Consensys’ zkEVM rollup offering bytecode‑level equivalence with Ethereum and zero‑knowledge proofs generated by the Scroll‑inspired ‘Plonky3’ prover. The network is integrated directly into MetaMask, and sequencer fees can be paid in any ERC‑20 via a paymaster contract. Linea has secured over 200 million TVL and finalises proofs on mainnet every 10 minutes.