Compare Base vs Polkadot

Base TPS is 6,023X higher than Polkadot TPS

102.4 tx/s

0.02 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 6,039X higher than Polkadot transaction volume

368K txns

61 txns

Base block time is 66.68% shorter than Polkadot block time

2s

6s

Base finality is 26X longer than Polkadot finality

13m 13s

30s

Base has 160X more total transactions than Polkadot

7.35B txns

46M txns

Base was launched 3 years after Polkadot

Aug 9, 2023

May 26, 2020

Base Nakamoto Coefficient is 99.41% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

1

172

Base has 99.83% fewer validators than Polkadot

1

600

Base has no data, while Polkadot stake is $820.1M

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$820.1M

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 83.62% fewer developers than Polkadot

1,490

9,099

Base has 96.7% fewer commits than Polkadot

23,181

703,156

Base has 86.7% fewer repos than Polkadot

75

564

Base has 2.22X more stars than Polkadot

79,049

35,617

Base has 61.87% fewer watchers than Polkadot

830

2,177

Base on-chain revenue is 6,622X higher than Polkadot on-chain revenue

$125.5K

$18.95

Base average transaction fee is 1.18X higher than Polkadot average transaction fee

$0.01132

$0.009566

Base has no data, while Polkadot market cap is $1.499B

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$1.499B

Base has no data, while Polkadot FDV is $1.85B

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$1.85B

Base has no data, while Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 81.01%

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81.01%

Base has no data, while Polkadot price is $0.8812

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$0.8812