# Arbitrum vs Polkadot

Side-by-side fundamentals for Arbitrum and Polkadot tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Arbitrum            | Polkadot                 |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 23.52 tx/s          | 0 tx/s                   |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.04K tx/s          | 462.7 tx/s               |
| Theoretical TPS              | 6.1K tx/s           | 1K tx/s                  |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 84.6K txns          | 0 txns                   |
| Block Time (1H)              | 266ms               | 6.02s                    |
| Finality Time                | 13m 48s             | 30s                      |
| Total Transactions           | 2.43B txns          | 46.1M txns               |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 31, 2021        | May 26, 2020             |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 153                      |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 500                      |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $759M                    |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Nominated Proof of Stake |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain                 |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $13.5K              | $0                       |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0135             | $0                       |
| Price                        | $0.1471             | $0.8332                  |
| Market Cap                   | $1.01B              | $1.43B                   |
| FDV                          | $1.47B              | $1.75B                   |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 68.92%              | 81.51%                   |
| Developers                   | 2,495               | 9,130                    |
| Commits                      | 220,615             | 707,879                  |
| Repos                        | 137                 | 577                      |
| Stars                        | 10,881              | 35,654                   |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/arbitrum-vs-polkadot