Arbitrum vs NEAR

Arbitrum vs NEAR Scalability

Real-time TPS

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Arbitrum TPS is 66.59% lower than NEAR TPS

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17.92 tx/s
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53.65 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Arbitrum max TPS is 67.14% lower than NEAR max TPS

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1,358 tx/s
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4,135 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Arbitrum max theoretical TPS is 2.5X higher than NEAR max theoretical TPS

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40,000 tx/s
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16,000 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Arbitrum transaction volume is 66.59% lower than NEAR transaction volume

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64,511 txns
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193,133 txns

Block Time

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Arbitrum block time is 58.17% shorter than NEAR block time

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0.25s
NEAR logo
0.6s

Finality

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Arbitrum finality is 1,380X longer than NEAR finality

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13m 48s
NEAR logo
0.6s

Type

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Arbitrum is a layer 2 blockchain, while NEAR is a layer 1 blockchain

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Layer 2 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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Arbitrum was launched 1 year after NEAR

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Aug 31, 2021
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Apr 22, 2020

Arbitrum vs NEAR Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Arbitrum Nakamoto Coefficient is 90% lower than NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient

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1
NEAR logo
10

Validators

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Arbitrum has 99.68% fewer validators than NEAR

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1
NEAR logo
314

Stake

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Arbitrum has no data, while NEAR stake is $1.554B

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—
NEAR logo
$1.554B

Consensus Mechanism

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Arbitrum is Rollup (Optimistic), while NEAR is PoS

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Rollup (Optimistic)
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

Governance

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Arbitrum on-chain governance is better than NEAR council governance

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On-chain
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Council

Arbitrum vs NEAR Developer Activity New

Developers

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Arbitrum has 2X more developers than NEAR

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2,298
NEAR logo
1,150

Repos

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Arbitrum has 40.28% fewer repos than NEAR

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126
NEAR logo
211

Commits

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Arbitrum has 2.52X more commits than NEAR

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184,536
NEAR logo
73,211

Stars

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Arbitrum has 1.08X more stars than NEAR

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10,276
NEAR logo
9,523

Watchers

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Arbitrum has 1.11X more watchers than NEAR

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1,714
NEAR logo
1,549

Arbitrum vs NEAR Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Arbitrum

Arbitrum serves as a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, leveraging rollups to significantly boost scalability and reduce transaction costs while maintaining robust security. It enables developers to execute EVM-compatible smart contracts with a substantially higher transaction throughput and lower fees compared to Ethereum's main chain, making it a compelling platform for decentralized application development.

About NEAR

NEAR is the chain abstraction stack, empowering builders to create apps that scale to billions of users and across all blockchains.

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