Compare Beam vs Polkadot
Open in ChatGPTBeam vs Polkadot Scalability
Real-time TPS (1H)
Beam has no data, while Polkadot TPS is 0 tx/s
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
Beam has no data, while Polkadot max TPS is 462.7 tx/s
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Max Theoretical TPS
Beam has no data, while Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 1,000 tx/s
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Transaction Volume (1H)
Beam has no data, while Polkadot transaction volume is 0 txns
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Block Time (1H)
Beam has no data, while Polkadot block time is 6s
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Finality
Beam has no data, while Polkadot finality is 30s
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Type
Beam has no data, while Polkadot is a layer 1 blockchain
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Total Transactions (All time)
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 45.9M total transactions
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Launch Date
Beam has no data, while Polkadot was launched on May 26, 2020
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Beam vs Polkadot Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
Beam has no data, while Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 178
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Validators/Miners
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 600 validators
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Stake/Hashrate
Beam has no data, while Polkadot stake is $1.06B
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Consensus Mechanism
Beam has no data, while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake
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Governance
Beam has no data, while Polkadot governance is on-chain
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Beam vs Polkadot Developer Activity
Developers
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 9,027 developers
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Commits
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 695,096 commits
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Repos
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 505 repos
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Stars
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 35,415 stars
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Watchers
Beam has no data, while Polkadot has 5,094 watchers
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Beam vs Polkadot Financials New
Chain Revenue
Beam has no data, while Polkadot chain revenue is $0.1279
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Average Transaction Fee
Beam has no data, while Polkadot average transaction fee is $0.02132
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Market Cap
Beam has no data, while Polkadot market cap is $2.125B
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FDV
Beam has no data, while Polkadot FDV is $2.655B
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Market Cap / FDV
Beam has no data, while Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 80.05%
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Price
Beam has no data, while Polkadot price is $1.264
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About Blockchains
About Beam
Beam is a platform for projects, building frontier technologies, and its network's primary currency, with a thriving ecosystem of games and apps.
About Polkadot
Polkadot stands out among other blockchain projects for its focus on enhancing the foundational infrastructure of dApps. It aims to enable interoperability between blockchain ecosystems, facilitating seamless communication without intermediaries. Functioning as a "network of networks," Polkadot utilizes parachains — specialized blockchains with unique functionalities and tokens — to enable interaction between diverse blockchain architectures. Powered by the nominated proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and drawing inspiration from the Ouroboros protocol, Polkadot offers a robust framework for building interconnected and scalable decentralized systems.