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Cardano vs Ethereum Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Cardano TPS is 99.3% lower than Ethereum TPS

0.14 tx/s

19.68 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Cardano max TPS is 84.48% lower than Ethereum max TPS

11.62 tx/s

74.91 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 92.43% lower than Ethereum max theoretical TPS

18.02 tx/s

238.1 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Cardano transaction volume is 99.32% lower than Ethereum transaction volume

479 txns

70.6K txns

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Block Time (1H)

Cardano block time is 1.65X longer than Ethereum block time

19.88s

12.08s

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Finality

Cardano finality is 84.37% shorter than Ethereum finality

12m 48s

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Type

Cardano and Ethereum are both layer 1 blockchains

Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions (All time)

Cardano has 96.61% fewer total transactions than Ethereum

123M txns

3.62B txns

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Launch Date

Cardano was launched 2 years after Ethereum

Sep 27, 2017

Jul 30, 2015

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Cardano vs Ethereum Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 15X higher than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

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Validators

Cardano has 99.83% fewer validators than Ethereum

2,086

1,291,000

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Stake

Cardano stake is 95.59% lower than Ethereum stake

$3.53B

$80.14B

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Consensus Mechanism

Cardano and Ethereum are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

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Governance

Cardano on-chain governance is better than Ethereum off-chain governance

On-chain

Off-chain

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Cardano vs Ethereum Developer Activity

Developers

Cardano has 65.77% fewer developers than Ethereum

3,764

10,998

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Commits

Cardano has 41.59% fewer commits than Ethereum

302,751

518,383

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Repos

Cardano has 47.81% fewer repos than Ethereum

227

435

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Stars

Cardano has 93.2% fewer stars than Ethereum

12,570

185,119

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Watchers

Cardano has 72.23% fewer watchers than Ethereum

2,255

8,121

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Cardano vs Ethereum Financials New

Chain Revenue

Cardano chain revenue is 99.77% lower than Ethereum chain revenue

$739.8

$323.6K

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Average Transaction Fee

Cardano average transaction fee is 76.63% lower than Ethereum average transaction fee

$0.04913

$0.2103

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Market Cap

Cardano market cap is 97.42% lower than Ethereum market cap

$6.029B

$234.2B

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FDV

Cardano FDV is 96.82% lower than Ethereum FDV

$7.435B

$234.2B

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Market Cap / FDV

Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio is 18.91% lower than Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.09%

100.00%

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Price

Cardano price is 99.99% lower than Ethereum price

$0.1652

$1,941

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Cardano vs Ethereum Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Cardano

Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform: the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies to provide unparalleled security and sustainability to decentralized applications, systems, and societies.

About Ethereum

Ethereum emerges as a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform empowering developers to craft and deploy smart contracts alongside dApps. Pioneering the smart contract concept, Ethereum enables self-executing agreements with terms directly encoded into its blockchain, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Additionally, Ethereum serves as a hub for the creation and exchange of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and various digital assets. Its intrinsic cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), facilitates network transactions and incentivizes miners to uphold network security. Ethereum's evolution to Ethereum 2.0 introduces a proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanism, aiming to enhance scalability and energy efficiency.

Compare Cardano vs Ethereum

Cardano vs Ethereum Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Max Theoretical TPS

Transaction Volume (1H)

Block Time (1H)

Finality

Type

Total Transactions (All time)

Launch Date

Cardano vs Ethereum Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Validators

Stake

Consensus Mechanism

Governance

Cardano vs Ethereum Developer Activity

Developers

Commits

Repos

Stars

Watchers

Cardano vs Ethereum Financials New

Chain Revenue

Average Transaction Fee

Market Cap

FDV

Market Cap / FDV

Price

Cardano vs Ethereum Real-time TPS Chart

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Blockchains Socials

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