Aeternity vs ICP

Aeternity vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS

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Aeternity TPS is 99.99% lower than ICP TPS

Aeternity logo
0.06 tx/s
ICP logo
1,085 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Aeternity max TPS is 99.96% lower than ICP max TPS

Aeternity logo
9.29 tx/s
ICP logo
25,621 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Aeternity max theoretical TPS is 99.94% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS

Aeternity logo
120.1 tx/s
ICP logo
209,708 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Aeternity transaction volume is 99.99% lower than ICP transaction volume

Aeternity logo
220 txns
ICP logo
3,907,085 txns

Block Time

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Aeternity block time is 358X longer than ICP block time

Aeternity logo
2m 52s
ICP logo
0.48s

Finality

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Aeternity finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

Aeternity logo
1h
ICP logo
0s

Type

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Aeternity and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains

Aeternity logo
Layer 1 blockchain
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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Aeternity was launched 2 years before ICP

Aeternity logo
Nov 28, 2018
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

Aeternity vs ICP Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Aeternity Nakamoto Coefficient is 1, while ICP has no data

Aeternity logo
1
ICP logo

Validators/Miners

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Aeternity has 3 miners, while ICP has no data

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3
ICP logo

Stake/Hashrate

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Aeternity hashrate is 3.23 KGp/s, while ICP stake is $1.128B

Aeternity logo
3.23 KGp/s
ICP logo
$1.128B

Consensus Mechanism

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Aeternity is PoW, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

Aeternity logo
Proof of Work (PoW)
ICP logo
Proof of Useful Work

Governance

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Aeternity and ICP governance are both on-chain

Aeternity logo
On-chain
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On-chain

Aeternity vs ICP Developer Activity New

Developers

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Aeternity has 54.6% fewer developers than ICP

Aeternity logo
330
ICP logo
727

Repos

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Aeternity has 1.42X more repos than ICP

Aeternity logo
227
ICP logo
160

Commits

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Aeternity has 55.16% fewer commits than ICP

Aeternity logo
49,589
ICP logo
110,592

Stars

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Aeternity has 70.55% fewer stars than ICP

Aeternity logo
2,682
ICP logo
9,109

Watchers

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Aeternity has 1.02X more watchers than ICP

Aeternity logo
2,344
ICP logo
2,287

Aeternity vs ICP Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Aeternity

Engineered to scale and last, æternity is an easily accessible blockchain platform for the global public. With numerous innovative functionalities and performance far ahead of earlier blockchains, æternity allows its users and community to seamlessly venture into the new era of society, economy, and digital interactions.

About ICP

The Internet Computer enables you to build anything without traditional IT and Big Tech. It hosts decentralized serverless compute that’s simpler, immune to cyber attack, unstoppable, and controllable by DAOs. Next-generation smart contracts (named Canisters) that hold both code and state enable truly Decentralized AI. Canisters use Chain Fusion technology to write transctions directly to other chains without centralized bridges, enabling secure multi-chain dapps. Build social, defi, games, e-commerce, enterprise or any kind of application or service on ICP. The internet is evolving.

Blockchains Socials

Aeternity Socials

ICP Socials