Avalanche vs Moonbeam

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Scalability

Real-time TPS

Chainspect

Avalanche TPS is 24X higher than Moonbeam TPS

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25.3 tx/s
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1.06 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 24X higher than Moonbeam transaction volume

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91,097 txns
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3,816 txns

Block Time

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Avalanche block time is 69.68% shorter than Moonbeam block time

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1.86s
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6.12s

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
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Parachain

Launch Date

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Avalanche was launched 1 year before Moonbeam

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Sep 21, 2020
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Jan 11, 2022

Avalanche vs Moonbeam Decentralization New

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 83.33% lower than Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient

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29
Moonbeam logo
174

Validators

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Avalanche has 1.56X more validators than Moonbeam

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936
Moonbeam logo
600

Stake

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Avalanche stake is 1.77X higher than Moonbeam stake

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$5.206B
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$2.947B

Consensus Mechanism

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Avalanche is PoS, while Moonbeam is Nominated Proof of Stake

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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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 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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