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There’s always speculation about which blockchain might someday be the “Ethereum killer”, able to knock the No. 2 blockchain off its perch. And it seems like Polkadot and its parachain technology is shaping up to be a prime suspect…

# Could Polkadot be a better blockchain than Ethereum?

Well, it certainly seeks to address some of its shortcomings. Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood played a huge role in building the No. 2 blockchain from the ground up. He was the project’s chief technology officer, and he even invented the Solidity programming language that coders use to write Ethereum [smart contracts](https://subscriptions.finimize.com/content/Q29udGVudFBpZWNlOjQ0NjM=/ethereum-101-first-smart-contract-blockchain?) – complex crypto transactions that make things like [DeFi](https://www.finim

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