# Arbitrum vs Stellar

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

| Metric                       | Arbitrum            | Stellar                    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 8.75 tx/s           | 112.3 tx/s                 |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.04K tx/s          | 218.1 tx/s                 |
| Theoretical TPS              | 6.1K tx/s           | 3.35K tx/s                 |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 31.5K txns          | 404K txns                  |
| Block Time (1H)              | 313ms               | 4.99s                      |
| Finality Time                | 13m 48s             | Instant                    |
| Total Transactions           | 2.43B txns          | 25.1B txns                 |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 31, 2021        | Sep 30, 2015               |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 4                          |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 103                        |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | —                          |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Stellar Consensus Protocol |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain                   |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $17.7K              | $723                       |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0132             | $0.0₄634                   |
| Price                        | $0.1726             | $0.1463                    |
| Market Cap                   | $1.19B              | $5.18B                     |
| FDV                          | $1.73B              | $7.32B                     |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 68.92%              | 70.74%                     |
| Developers                   | 2,495               | 769                        |
| Commits                      | 220,595             | 70,852                     |
| Repos                        | 137                 | 132                        |
| Stars                        | 10,879              | 11,168                     |

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