Compare Bitcoin vs Polkadot
Bitcoin vs Polkadot TPS, Transactions, Finality Time
Real-time TPS (1H)
Bitcoin TPS is 417X higher than Polkadot TPS
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
Bitcoin max TPS is 97.08% lower than Polkadot max TPS
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Theoretical TPS
Bitcoin max theoretical TPS is 99.3% lower than Polkadot max theoretical TPS
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Transaction Volume (1H)
Bitcoin transaction volume is 331X higher than Polkadot transaction volume
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Block Time (1H)
Bitcoin block time is 95X longer than Polkadot block time
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Finality Time
Bitcoin finality is 120X longer than Polkadot finality
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Total Transactions (All time)
Bitcoin has 31X more total transactions than Polkadot
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Launch Date
Bitcoin was launched 11 years before Polkadot
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Bitcoin vs Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient
Nakamoto Coefficient
Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient is 97.61% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient
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Validators/Miners
Bitcoin has 73.16% fewer miners than Polkadot has validators
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Stake/Hashrate
Bitcoin hashrate is 1.02K EH/s, while Polkadot stake is $820.3M
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Consensus Mechanism
Bitcoin is PoW, while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake
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Governance
Bitcoin off-chain governance is worse than Polkadot on-chain governance
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Bitcoin vs Polkadot Developer Activity
Developers
Bitcoin has 77.83% fewer developers than Polkadot
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Commits
Bitcoin has 82.13% fewer commits than Polkadot
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Repos
Bitcoin has 95.86% fewer repos than Polkadot
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Stars
Bitcoin has 3.03X more stars than Polkadot
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Watchers
Bitcoin has 2.56X more watchers than Polkadot
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Bitcoin vs Polkadot Fees & Market Cap
On-Chain Revenue
Bitcoin on-chain revenue is 18,419X higher than Polkadot on-chain revenue
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Average Transaction Fee
Bitcoin average transaction fee is 42X higher than Polkadot average transaction fee
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Market Cap
Bitcoin market cap is 1,038X higher than Polkadot market cap
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FDV
Bitcoin FDV is 879X higher than Polkadot FDV
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Market Cap / FDV
Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.18X higher than Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio
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Price
Bitcoin price is 87,858X higher than Polkadot price
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