Compare Avalanche vs Waterfall

Avalanche vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Avalanche TPS is 127X higher than Waterfall TPS

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23.18 tx/s
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0.18 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Avalanche max TPS is 99.62% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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122.7 tx/s
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32,434 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 97.14% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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1,191 tx/s
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41,666 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Avalanche transaction volume is 127X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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83.4K txns
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655 txns

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Block Time (1H)

Avalanche block time is 77.6% shorter than Waterfall block time

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1.59s
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7.09s

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Finality

Avalanche finality is 91.66% shorter than Waterfall finality

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2s
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24s

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Type

Avalanche and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions

Avalanche has 35X more total transactions than Waterfall

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752M txns
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21.7M txns

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Launch Date

Avalanche was launched 4 years before Waterfall

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Sep 21, 2020
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Jul 17, 2024

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Avalanche vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 25, while Waterfall has no data

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25
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—

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Validators

Avalanche has 98.94% fewer validators than Waterfall

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874
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83,150

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Stake

Avalanche stake is 2,119X higher than Waterfall stake

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$4.925B
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$2.325M

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Consensus Mechanism

Avalanche and Waterfall are both PoS

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

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Governance

Avalanche on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

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On-chain
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Council

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Avalanche vs Waterfall Developer Activity New

Developers

Avalanche has 58X more developers than Waterfall

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753
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13

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Repos

Avalanche has 14X more repos than Waterfall

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109
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8

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Commits

Avalanche has 253X more commits than Waterfall

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61,169
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242

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Stars

Avalanche has 2,217X more stars than Waterfall

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6,650
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3

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Watchers

Avalanche has 601X more watchers than Waterfall

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1,202
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2

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Avalanche vs Waterfall 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 Waterfall

Waterfall is a highly scalable and decentralized BlockDAG EVM-compatible Layer 1 protocol. Low transaction fees and EVM compatibility make Waterfall the platform of choice for Dapps.

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