Avalanche vs Waterfall

Avalanche vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS

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Avalanche TPS is 27X higher than Waterfall TPS

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6.92 tx/s
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0.25 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Avalanche max TPS is 99.03% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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122.7 tx/s
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12,693 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 91.07% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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1,191 tx/s
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13,333 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Avalanche transaction volume is 27X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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24,922 txns
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910 txns

Block Time

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Avalanche block time is 67.35% shorter than Waterfall block time

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1.77s
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5.42s

Finality

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Avalanche finality is 91.66% shorter than Waterfall finality

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2s
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24s

Type

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Avalanche and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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Avalanche was launched 4 years before Waterfall

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Sep 21, 2020
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Jul 17, 2024

Avalanche vs Waterfall Decentralization New

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 31, while Waterfall has no data

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31
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Validators

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Avalanche has 97.43% fewer validators than Waterfall

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1,417
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55,310

Stake

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Avalanche stake is 226.1M AVAX, while Waterfall stake is 1.77B WATER

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226.1M AVAX
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1.77B WATER

Consensus Mechanism

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Avalanche and Waterfall are both PoS

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

Governance

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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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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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