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Avalanche vs Polkadot Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Avalanche TPS is 100% higher than Polkadot TPS

31.4 tx/s

0 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Avalanche max TPS is 47.84% lower than Polkadot max TPS

241.3 tx/s

462.7 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 1.19X higher than Polkadot max theoretical TPS

1,191 tx/s

1,000 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Avalanche transaction volume is 100% higher than Polkadot transaction volume

113K txns

0 txns

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Block Time (1H)

Avalanche block time is 82.03% shorter than Polkadot block time

1.08s

5.99s

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Finality

Avalanche finality is 93.33% shorter than Polkadot finality

30s

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Type

Avalanche and Polkadot are both layer 1 blockchains

Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions (All time)

Avalanche has 32X more total transactions than Polkadot

1.48B txns

46M txns

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Launch Date

Avalanche was launched 4 months after Polkadot

Sep 21, 2020

May 26, 2020

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Avalanche vs Polkadot Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 85.38% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

171

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Validators

Avalanche has 1.03X more validators than Polkadot

621

600

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Stake

Avalanche stake is 2.04X higher than Polkadot stake

$1.361B

$667.6M

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Consensus Mechanism

Avalanche is PoS, while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Nominated Proof of Stake

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Governance

Avalanche and Polkadot governance are both on-chain

On-chain

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Avalanche vs Polkadot Developer Activity

Developers

Avalanche has 90.79% fewer developers than Polkadot

835

9,072

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Commits

Avalanche has 88.43% fewer commits than Polkadot

81,069

700,892

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Repos

Avalanche has 78.64% fewer repos than Polkadot

117

548

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Stars

Avalanche has 80.78% fewer stars than Polkadot

6,833

35,558

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Watchers

Avalanche has 58.4% fewer watchers than Polkadot

905

2,176

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Avalanche vs Polkadot Financials

Chain Revenue

Avalanche chain revenue is 173,159X higher than Polkadot chain revenue

$2.866K

$0.01655

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Average Transaction Fee

Avalanche average transaction fee is 134X higher than Polkadot average transaction fee

$0.0008678

$0.000006454

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Market Cap

Avalanche market cap is 2.16X higher than Polkadot market cap

$2.778B

$1.287B

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FDV

Avalanche FDV is 2.89X higher than Polkadot FDV

$4.605B

$1.594B

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Market Cap / FDV

Avalanche Market Cap to FDV ratio is 25.27% lower than Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio

60.32%

80.73%

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Price

Avalanche price is 8.48X higher than Polkadot price

$6.434

$0.7589

Data from Chainspect

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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 Polkadot

Polkadot stands out among other blockchain projects for its focus on enhancing the foundational infrastructure of dApps. It aims to enable interoperability between blockchain ecosystems, facilitating seamless communication without intermediaries. Functioning as a "network of networks," Polkadot utilizes parachains — specialized blockchains with unique functionalities and tokens — to enable interaction between diverse blockchain architectures. Powered by the nominated proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and drawing inspiration from the Ouroboros protocol, Polkadot offers a robust framework for building interconnected and scalable decentralized systems.

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Avalanche vs Polkadot Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Max Theoretical TPS

Transaction Volume (1H)

Block Time (1H)

Finality

Type

Total Transactions (All time)

Launch Date

Avalanche vs Polkadot Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Validators

Stake

Consensus Mechanism

Governance

Avalanche vs Polkadot Developer Activity

Developers

Commits

Repos

Stars

Watchers

Avalanche vs Polkadot Financials

Chain Revenue

Average Transaction Fee

Market Cap

FDV

Market Cap / FDV

Price

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About Avalanche

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