Compare Avalanche vs Moonbeam
Avalanche vs Moonbeam Scalability
Real-time TPS (1H)
Avalanche TPS is 58X higher than Moonbeam TPS
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
Avalanche max TPS is 4.19X higher than Moonbeam max TPS
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Max Theoretical TPS
Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 20X higher than Moonbeam max theoretical TPS
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Transaction Volume (1H)
Avalanche transaction volume is 58X higher than Moonbeam transaction volume
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Block Time (1H)
Avalanche block time is 77.63% shorter than Moonbeam block time
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Finality
Avalanche finality is 93.33% shorter than Moonbeam finality
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Type
Avalanche is a layer 1 blockchain, while Moonbeam is a parachain
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Total Transactions
Avalanche has 9.82X more total transactions than Moonbeam
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Launch Date
Avalanche was launched 1 year before Moonbeam
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Avalanche vs Moonbeam Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 85.32% lower than Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient
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Validators
Avalanche has 1.46X more validators than Moonbeam
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Stake
Avalanche stake is 1.46X higher than Moonbeam stake
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Consensus Mechanism
Avalanche is PoS, while Moonbeam is Nominated Proof of Stake
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Governance
Avalanche and Moonbeam governance are both on-chain
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Avalanche vs Moonbeam Developer Activity New
Developers
Avalanche has 3.71X more developers than Moonbeam
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Repos
Avalanche has 3.63X more repos than Moonbeam
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Commits
Avalanche has 4.3X more commits than Moonbeam
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Stars
Avalanche has 4.82X more stars than Moonbeam
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Watchers
Avalanche has 5.95X more watchers than Moonbeam
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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.