# Aptos vs Waterfall

Side-by-side fundamentals for Aptos and Waterfall tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Aptos                | Waterfall            |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 100.5 tx/s           | 0 tx/s               |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 12.9K tx/s           | 83.3K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 160K tx/s            | 41.7K tx/s           |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 362K txns            | 0 txns               |
| Block Time (1H)              | 37ms                 | 6m 56s               |
| Finality Time                | Instant              | 24s                  |
| Total Transactions           | 5.49B txns           | 34.1M txns           |
| Launch Date                  | Oct 12, 2022         | Jul 17, 2024         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 13                   | 1                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 83                   | 4                    |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $449M                | —                    |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain             | Council              |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $4.13K               | —                    |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.000368            | —                    |
| Price                        | $0.5868              | —                    |
| Market Cap                   | $519M                | —                    |
| FDV                          | $1.23B               | —                    |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 42.11%               | —                    |
| Developers                   | 1,218                | 790                  |
| Commits                      | 55,514               | 23,574               |
| Repos                        | 142                  | 14                   |
| Stars                        | 9,905                | 3                    |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/aptos-vs-waterfall