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The Ethereum is based on the Bitcoin protocol and its Blockchain design but is modified so that applications outside the monetary systems can be maintained. The only similarity of the two Blockchains is that they store whole transaction histories of their corresponding networks, but Ethereum <a href="https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117428612f46" target="_blank">Blockchain</a> does much more than that. In addition to the transaction history, each Ethereum network node must also download the most recent status, or current information, of each smart contract in the network, each user’s balance, and all smart contract code and where it is stored.