Compare Base vs Polkadot

Base TPS is 115.5 tx/s, while Polkadot TPS is 0 tx/s

115.5 tx/s

0 tx/s

Base max TPS is 5.44X higher than Polkadot max TPS

2,515 tx/s

462.7 tx/s

Base max theoretical TPS is 3.57X higher than Polkadot max theoretical TPS

3,571 tx/s

1,000 tx/s

Base transaction volume is 416K txns, while Polkadot transaction volume is 0 txns

416K txns

0 txns

Base block time is 66.63% shorter than Polkadot block time

2s

5.99s

Base finality is 26X longer than Polkadot finality

13m 13s

30s

Base has 171X more total transactions than Polkadot

7.88B txns

46.1M txns

Base was launched 3 years after Polkadot

Aug 9, 2023

May 26, 2020

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is 99.43% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

1

176

Base has 99.83% fewer validators than Polkadot

1

600

Base has no data, while Polkadot stake is $853M

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$853M

Base is Rollup (Optimistic), while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake

Rollup (Optimistic)

Nominated Proof of Stake

Base off-chain governance is worse than Polkadot on-chain governance

Off-chain

On-chain

Base has 83.89% fewer developers than Polkadot

1,470

9,126

Base has 96.64% fewer commits than Polkadot

23,756

707,316

Base has 86.51% fewer repos than Polkadot

78

578

Base has 2.21X more stars than Polkadot

78,737

35,640

Base has 62.45% fewer watchers than Polkadot

811

2,160

Base on-chain revenue is $58.8K, while Polkadot on-chain revenue is $0

$58.8K

$0

Base average transaction fee is $0.00757, while Polkadot average transaction fee is $0

$0.00757

$0

Base has no data, while Polkadot market cap is $1.58B

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$1.58B

Base has no data, while Polkadot FDV is $1.94B

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$1.94B

Base has no data, while Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 81.45%

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81.45%

Base has no data, while Polkadot price is $0.9247

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$0.9247