The difference is that request doesn't have its own ledger, it uses an already existing ledger and builds on top of it (Ethereum). The ledger is where all transactions are recorded and confirmed by miners.
Request Network vs VeChain
Juan Torres
Aiden Reyes
The Request platform and its library of smart contracts would be of no use for somebody looking to create a decentralised version of twitter, for example. Although Request does have a very wide range of potential use cases, pretty much anything involving payments.
On Ethereum and Vechain you can create any sort of dApp you can think of, whereas Request lends itself to financial services.
Joshua Taylor
Okay that makes a lot more sense, thank you man.