---
title: Blockchain Student Association from EPFL - Is Avalanche Ethereum's contender?
description: At its core, Avalanche is an open-source platform engineered to support decentralized applications (dApps) and enterprise blockchain solutions within a singular, interoperable, and scalable ecosystem. Its inception was motivated by the desire to overcome certain challenges inherent in Ethereum, particularly the slower transaction times and the one-size-fits-all nature of its blockchain structure. Avalanche’s founder envisioned a platform that could cater to diverse needs through modular design, leading to the development of subnets. These innovations have attracted a range of diverse companies such as Visa, Amazon, JPMorgan and CitiGroup to consider and explore implementing Avalanche’s technology.
---

[Crypto Corner](https://blog.syzgroup.com/crypto-corner)

# [Blockchain Student Association from EPFL - Is Avalanche Ethereum's contender?](https://blog.syzgroup.com/crypto-corner/is-avalanche-ethereums-contender)

 Written by [-](https://blog.syzgroup.com/crypto-corner/author/-) | Jul 18, 2024, 8:00:35 AM

<https://blog.syzgroup.com/hubfs/BlockchainSA_article3.pdf?hsLang=en>

[View full post](https://blog.syzgroup.com/crypto-corner/is-avalanche-ethereums-contender)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "-"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2024-07-18T08:06:09.525Z",
  "datePublished" : "2024-07-18T08:00:35Z",
  "headline" : "Blockchain Student Association from EPFL - Is Avalanche Ethereum's contender?",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 2160,
    "url" : "https://25733253.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/25733253/iStock-1168653347.jpg",
    "width" : 3840
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.syzgroup.com/crypto-corner/is-avalanche-ethereums-contender",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Crypto Corner"
  }
}
```