Bitcoin and Ethereum are consistently regarded as, respectively, the first and second most popular forms of blockchain-based cryptocurrency. Both entities operate atop decentralized, public blockchain networks that facilitate transactions and data encryption in a highly secure manner. However, Bitcoin is notable for being the original vehicle for transaction-based blockchain technology (conceptualized by pseudonymous web developer Satoshi Nakomoto in 2008). As a result, Bitcoin helped establish the blueprint for today’s encrypted transactions and storage. Ethereum, on the other hand, strives to be more than a medium of exchange or value. While inherently similar to the blockchain framework of Bitcoin, it allows network users to build applications capable of “running” within its blockchain — similarly to how software can run on a computer network. In other words, Ethereum users are able to build decentralized apps (or “dapps”) within the network and base them on smart contracts, a feature that has spurred blockchain trading gamification through apps like CryptoKitties and CryptoPunks.