The blockchain industry thrives on trade-offs. Every network makes deliberate design choices to balance speed, security, decentralization, and flexibility. In this technical showdown, we pit Solana, a high-throughput, integrated Layer-1 blockchain, against Avalanche, a versatile platform with its innovative subnet architecture. Both networks are live, battle-tested, and pushing the boundaries of what decentralized systems can achieve. But how do their approaches compare when scrutinized throu...