A Comparison of Blockchain Execution Environments: EVM, Sealevel, MoveVM, Wasm, CairoVM

Quick TakeExecution environments are a major component of blockchain architecture, shaping the way assets and smart contracts behave, as well as the end-user and developer experienceThe 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 designsIn 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