Avalanche vs Moonbeam

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Scalability

Real-time TPS

Chainspect

Avalanche TPS is 17X higher than Moonbeam TPS

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25.52 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
1.52 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Avalanche max TPS is 4.19X higher than Moonbeam max TPS

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122.7 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
29.3 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 20X higher than Moonbeam max theoretical TPS

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1,191 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
58.4 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Avalanche transaction volume is 17X higher than Moonbeam transaction volume

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91,883 txns
Moonbeam logo
5,484 txns

Block Time

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Avalanche block time is 73.57% shorter than Moonbeam block time

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1.67s
Moonbeam logo
6.33s

Finality

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Avalanche finality is 93.33% shorter than Moonbeam finality

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2s
Moonbeam logo
30s

Type

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Avalanche is a layer 1 blockchain, while Moonbeam is a parachain

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Layer 1 blockchain
Moonbeam logo
Parachain

Launch Date

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Avalanche was launched 1 year before Moonbeam

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Sep 21, 2020
Moonbeam logo
Jan 11, 2022

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 84.78% lower than Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient

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28
Moonbeam logo
184

Validators

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Avalanche has 1.47X more validators than Moonbeam

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880
Moonbeam logo
600

Stake

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Avalanche stake is 1.73X higher than Moonbeam stake

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$5.797B
Moonbeam logo
$3.351B

Consensus Mechanism

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Avalanche is PoS, while Moonbeam is Nominated Proof of Stake

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
Moonbeam logo
Nominated Proof of Stake

Governance

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Avalanche and Moonbeam governance are both on-chain

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On-chain
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On-chain

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Developer Activity New

Developers

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Avalanche has 3.75X more developers than Moonbeam

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746
Moonbeam logo
199

Repos

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Avalanche has 3.63X more repos than Moonbeam

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109
Moonbeam logo
30

Commits

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Avalanche has 4.26X more commits than Moonbeam

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60,307
Moonbeam logo
14,156

Stars

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Avalanche has 4.75X more stars than Moonbeam

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6,555
Moonbeam logo
1,379

Watchers

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Avalanche has 5.71X more watchers than Moonbeam

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1,285
Moonbeam logo
225

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Avalanche

Avalanche emerges as a rapid, scalable blockchain platform facilitating the seamless creation and deployment of dApps. Distinguished by its unique consensus mechanism, it's particularly good for DeFi applications, allowing high throughput and nearly instant finality. Its architecture allows for a network of interconnected blockchains, each safeguarded by dynamic subsets of validators, ensuring scalability while maintaining speed, reliability, and security.

About Moonbeam

Moonbeam is an EVM-compatible smart contracts platform built in the Polkadot ecosystem. It's designed for seamless compatibility with Ethereum tooling to provide a user-friendly environment for porting existing and developing new dApps. Also, as the biggest Polkadot parachain Moonbeam encourages cross-chain communication with other parachains.

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