Arbitrum vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Arbitrum TPS is 279X higher than Waterfall TPS

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11.99 tx/s
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0.04 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Arbitrum max TPS is 93.72% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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2,036 tx/s
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32,434 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Arbitrum max theoretical TPS is 85.37% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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6,095 tx/s
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41,666 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Arbitrum transaction volume is 282X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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43.2K txns
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153 txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Arbitrum block time is 99.06% shorter than Waterfall block time

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0.25s
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26.75s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

Arbitrum finality is 35X longer than Waterfall finality

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13m 48s
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24s

Data from Chainspect

Type

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

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Layer 2 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

Arbitrum has 77X more total transactions than Waterfall

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2.17B txns
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28M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

Arbitrum was launched 3 years before Waterfall

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Aug 31, 2021
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Jul 17, 2024

Data from Chainspect

Arbitrum vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Arbitrum Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Waterfall Nakamoto Coefficient

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1
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1

Data from Chainspect

Validators

Arbitrum has 75% fewer validators than Waterfall

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1
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4

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Arbitrum and Waterfall have no data

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—
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—

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

Arbitrum is Rollup (Optimistic), while Waterfall is PoS

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Rollup (Optimistic)
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

Data from Chainspect

Governance

Arbitrum on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

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On-chain
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Council

Data from Chainspect

Arbitrum vs Waterfall Developer Activity

Developers

Arbitrum has 3.66X more developers than Waterfall

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2,449
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670

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Arbitrum has 13X more commits than Waterfall

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197,142
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15,651

Data from Chainspect

Repos

Arbitrum has 12X more repos than Waterfall

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128
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11

Data from Chainspect

Stars

Arbitrum has 3,579X more stars than Waterfall

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10,738
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3

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Arbitrum has 744X more watchers than Waterfall

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1,487
Waterfall logo
2

Data from Chainspect

Arbitrum vs Waterfall Financials New

Chain Revenue

Arbitrum chain revenue is $16.17K, while Waterfall has no data

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$16.17K
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Arbitrum average transaction fee is $0.01083, while Waterfall has no data

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$0.01083
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—

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Arbitrum market cap is $708.1M, while Waterfall has no data

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$708.1M
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Arbitrum FDV is 100% higher than Waterfall FDV

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$1.132B
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$0

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Arbitrum Market Cap to FDV ratio is 62.56%, while Waterfall has no data

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62.56%
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—

Data from Chainspect

Price

Arbitrum price is $0.1132, while Waterfall has no data

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$0.1132
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—

Data from Chainspect

Arbitrum vs Waterfall 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 Waterfall

Waterfall is a highly scalable and decentralized BlockDAG EVM-compatible Layer 1 protocol. Low transaction fees and EVM compatibility make Waterfall the platform of choice for Dapps.

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