#TradeFiRevolution Ethereum is often described as the world's computer. In some ways, this is an apt analogy, but it perhaps misses some of the important features that set Ethereum apart from "traditional" shared computers (see "Ethereum's key characteristics" below). It also fails to acknowledge the limitations of Ethereum in terms of its actual computing power. That's because, unlike a "traditional" shared supercomputer, Ethereum can't be used to, for example, process an image of the night sky and determine how many stars are in it.