The tokenomics surrounding the native token Ether are as follows; 83.33% of tokens were sold in a crowd sale, and the remainder was given to the core team surrounding the project. Ether doesn't have a supply limit, although the token has an annual supply rate of ~4.5%, handed out as staking rewards to network users. After implementing EIP-1559, a base fee was introduced to transaction fees which are then burned to keep the token deflationary. The network adjusts this fee automatically based on the supply and demand of the network's capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bitcoin and Ethereum started quite similarly, secured by a Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism. However, Ethereum recently merged<\/a> its old PoW blockchain with a newer Proof-of-Stake chain which cut its energy consumption by over 99.95% and made the system more scalable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The tokenomics surrounding the native token Ether are as follows; 83.33% of tokens were sold in a crowd sale, and the remainder was given to the core team surrounding the project. Ether doesn't have a supply limit, although the token has an annual supply rate of ~4.5%, handed out as staking rewards to network users. After implementing EIP-1559, a base fee was introduced to transaction fees which are then burned to keep the token deflationary. The network adjusts this fee automatically based on the supply and demand of the network's capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n