Ethereum vs Robinhood Chain

Ethereum is the leading smart‑contract platform, now running Proof‑of‑Stake after the 2022 ‘Merge’ and gearing up for full Danksharding. Proto‑danksharding (EIP‑4844) activated blob transactions in March 2024, slashing rollup data costs by > 90 %. The upcoming Pectra upgrade will pair Verkle trees with wallet abstraction (EIP‑4337) to simplify UX.

Robinhood Chain is Robinhood's permissionless Ethereum Layer‑2 built on Arbitrum's Orbit stack, with a public testnet from February 2026 and mainnet launch on July 1, 2026. It offers full EVM compatibility, 100‑millisecond blocks, ETH as the native gas token, and native ERC‑4337 account abstraction for gas sponsorship and social recovery, with BitGo and Alchemy providing custody and node infrastructure. The chain is purpose‑built for tokenized real‑world assets, hosting 24/7 Stock Tokens that track US equity prices (without ownership or voting rights) alongside DeFi venues such as Uniswap, Lighter and Morpho‑powered lending; no dedicated Robinhood Chain token is mapped, so the blockchain is imported without an associated token.