# Avalanche vs Polkadot

Side-by-side fundamentals for Avalanche and Polkadot tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Avalanche            | Polkadot                 |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 4.05 tx/s            | 0 tx/s                   |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 241.3 tx/s           | 462.7 tx/s               |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1.19K tx/s           | 1K tx/s                  |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 14.6K txns           | 0 txns                   |
| Block Time (1H)              | 970ms                | 6.01s                    |
| Finality Time                | 2s                   | 30s                      |
| Total Transactions           | 1.6B txns            | 46.1M txns               |
| Launch Date                  | Sep 21, 2020         | May 26, 2020             |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 25                   | 176                      |
| Validators/Miners            | 562                  | 600                      |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $1.66B               | $852M                    |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Nominated Proof of Stake |
| Governance                   | On-chain             | On-chain                 |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $9.19K               | $0.108                   |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.021               | $0.000191                |
| Price                        | $8.29                | $0.9233                  |
| Market Cap                   | $3.68B               | $1.58B                   |
| FDV                          | $5.94B               | $1.94B                   |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 62.05%               | 81.47%                   |
| Developers                   | 846                  | 9,126                    |
| Commits                      | 84,633               | 707,480                  |
| Repos                        | 119                  | 577                      |
| Stars                        | 6,848                | 35,642                   |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/avalanche-vs-polkadot