A Comparison of Blockchain Execution Environments: EVM, Sealevel, MoveVM, Wasm, CairoVM
Quick Take
- Execution environments are a major component of blockchain architecture, shaping the way assets and smart contracts behave, as well as the end-user and developer experience
- The Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) is the most widely-used execution environment today, but new alternatives have also grown in recent years to suit the needs of changing blockchain designs
- In this piece, we look at some of the major differentiating features between popular execution environments, including the EVM, Solana’s Sealevel runtime, MoveVM, WebAssembly (Wasm), and CairoVM
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Author: Kevin Peng
