Compare Avalanche vs Moonbeam

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Avalanche TPS is 58X higher than Moonbeam TPS

Avalanche logo
20.09 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
0.35 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Avalanche max TPS is 4.19X higher than Moonbeam max TPS

Avalanche logo
122.7 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
29.3 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

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

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

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Avalanche transaction volume is 58X higher than Moonbeam transaction volume

Avalanche logo
72.3K txns
Moonbeam logo
1.25K txns

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Block Time (1H)

Avalanche block time is 77.63% shorter than Moonbeam block time

Avalanche logo
1.63s
Moonbeam logo
7.27s

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Finality

Avalanche finality is 93.33% shorter than Moonbeam finality

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2s
Moonbeam logo
30s

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Type

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

Avalanche logo
Layer 1 blockchain
Moonbeam logo
Parachain

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Total Transactions

Avalanche has 9.82X more total transactions than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
754M txns
Moonbeam logo
76.8M txns

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Launch Date

Avalanche was launched 1 year before Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
Sep 21, 2020
Moonbeam logo
Jan 11, 2022

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Avalanche vs Moonbeam Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 85.32% lower than Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient

Avalanche logo
27
Moonbeam logo
184

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Validators

Avalanche has 1.46X more validators than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
876
Moonbeam logo
600

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Stake

Avalanche stake is 1.46X higher than Moonbeam stake

Avalanche logo
$4.939B
Moonbeam logo
$3.391B

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Consensus Mechanism

Avalanche is PoS, while Moonbeam is Nominated Proof of Stake

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

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Governance

Avalanche and Moonbeam governance are both on-chain

Avalanche logo
On-chain
Moonbeam logo
On-chain

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Avalanche vs Moonbeam Developer Activity New

Developers

Avalanche has 3.71X more developers than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
753
Moonbeam logo
203

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Repos

Avalanche has 3.63X more repos than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
109
Moonbeam logo
30

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Commits

Avalanche has 4.3X more commits than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
61,186
Moonbeam logo
14,220

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Stars

Avalanche has 4.82X more stars than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
6,651
Moonbeam logo
1,379

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Watchers

Avalanche has 5.95X more watchers than Moonbeam

Avalanche logo
1,202
Moonbeam logo
202

Data from Chainspect

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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