# Avalanche vs Bitcoin

Side-by-side fundamentals for Avalanche and Bitcoin tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Avalanche            | Bitcoin             |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 3.34 tx/s            | 10.5 tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 241.3 tx/s           | 13.48 tx/s          |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1.19K tx/s           | 7 tx/s              |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 12K txns             | 27.7K txns          |
| Block Time (1H)              | 981ms                | 8m 47s              |
| Finality Time                | 2s                   | 1h                  |
| Total Transactions           | 1.6B txns            | 1.47B txns          |
| Launch Date                  | Sep 21, 2020         | Jan 3, 2009         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 24                   | 3                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 546                  | 176                 |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $1.56B               | 1.07K EH/s          |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Work (PoW) |
| Governance                   | On-chain             | Off-chain           |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $9.61K               | $240K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0341              | $0.529              |
| Price                        | $8.08                | $75,304.00          |
| Market Cap                   | $3.6B                | $1.51T              |
| FDV                          | $5.78B               | $1.58T              |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 62.29%               | 95.76%              |
| Developers                   | 847                  | 2,064               |
| Commits                      | 84,697               | 128,950             |
| Repos                        | 119                  | 23                  |
| Stars                        | 6,851                | 108,840             |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/avalanche-vs-bitcoin