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Unlike Bitcoin, Ethereum functions primarily as a crypto platform, enabling the development of smart contracts and decentralized applications. Its monetary policy, however, is much more fluid and subject to change. The expert notes that Ethereum’s protocol has undergone numerous modifications, including the recurrent delays of a critical upgrade known as the difficulty bomb—a mechanism that, when activated, would fundamentally alter Ethereum's consensus mechanism from proof of work to proof of stake.