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Ethereum L2 or Cosmos L1?

Cosmos Layer 1s and Ethereum Layer 2s are two ways to build a blockchain. Looking for an Ethereum L2 alternative? The Cosmos Stack is in production with 200+ chains today. It gives you a performant, customizable, and EVM-compatible solution that gives you complete control over your business today and your growth tomorrow.

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Why Choose Cosmos

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Scale Faster

1,900 TPS

Cosmos chains achieve 1,900 TPS in normal production conditions, and 10,000 in optimal.

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Improve UX

<1 second

Transactions settle in <1 second with fast finality for a better developer and user experience

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Create value, fast

100%

100% of transaction fees go back to your team instead of Ethereum.

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Simplify operations

<$1,000

Monthly cost to run a standard Proof-of-Authority Cosmos chain

Teams that chose sovereign with Cosmos
Ripple
TAC
Datachain

“We want to build functionality on the XRP EVM sidechain to support builders. Cosmos gives us the opportunity to cater to all of the crypto native use cases.”

– Luke Judges, Head of Partnerships at Ripple

“We chose Cosmos because it is by far the most battle-tested infrastructure to run sovereign chains. It offers the best trade-off between decentralization, performance, and throughput.”

– Marco Monaco, Founder, TAC & prev. co-founder, Linea

“We have long believed that IBC will become the de facto standard for blockchain interoperability. This conviction has driven us to contribute to IBC, particularly by extending its availability to non-Cosmos blockchains, including EVMs and enterprises. We view IBC as an indispensable technology.”

– Motoki Yoshida, Marketing Lead at Datachain

What makes Cosmos different?

Scale, move, and create value – fast.

Scale, move, and create value – fast.

Fast performance without congestion pricing. With Cosmos, you don’t have to choose between fast transactions and scalability and your blockchain’s profitability. Cosmos does the work for you with an end-to-end infrastructure solution with high-performance defaults that you can easily spin up in just a few minutes. Moving from Ethereum is seamless thanks to built-in Ethereum interoperability and EVM compatibility. Take back control and grow better.
Layer 1 technology you can trust

Layer 1 technology you can trust

Robust and battle-tested. With the Cosmos stack, you don’t have to choose between industry-leading features and key usability requirements like reliability and uptime. The stack is used by 200+ chains in production, and its open-source nature and strong security record give you peace of mind when building.
Simplify operations

Simplify operations

End-to-end control and a better DevEx out of the box. The stack gives you standard chain building blocks and advanced components like proof-of-authority, freeing your team to focus entirely on the high-impact work that makes your product unique. With proof-of-authority, you can run a network with minimal infrastructure overhead and no token, giving you a simple, affordable, and predictable operating model that is decentralized from day 1.

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Side-by-Side Comparison of Ethereum Layer 2 and Cosmos Layer 1

Ethereum L2

Cosmos L1

Independence

None. Dependent on Ethereum's roadmap, blob pricing, and upgrade schedule

Full control over every layer of your infrastructure and every aspect of your product experience.

EVM Support

Native

Native and extensible through stateful and stateless pre-compiles

Token Required

Optional

Optional

Performance

Constrained by L1 data availability and sequencer design

5,000 TPS, 500ms blocks, optimized end-to-end

Operating Cost

DA fees + sequencer infrastructure

< $1,000/mo

Interoperability

Fragmented bridges to other L2s; limited cross-ecosystem

Native IBC to 200+ Cosmos chains, Ethereum, Solana, EVM L2s

Finality

Minutes to weeks (fraud/ZK proof windows)

Instant, deterministic finality in a single block

Decentralisation

Single operator/sequencer model

Configure your own permissioned or permissionless operator set and governance model

Platform Risk and Support

High. Ethereum is actively competing for your users

None. You own your platform.

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Get control over your blockchain’s future with Cosmos

For L2 teams rethinking their architecture and roadmap, the Cosmos stack gives you the performance and connectivity that L2s promised, plus the positive developer experience and end-to-end control over your business that you deserve.

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