Cardano vs ICP

Cardano vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS

Chainspect

Cardano TPS is 99.97% lower than ICP TPS

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0.28 tx/s
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1,106 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Cardano max TPS is 99.95% lower than ICP max TPS

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11.62 tx/s
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25,621 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.99% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS

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18.02 tx/s
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209,708 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Cardano transaction volume is 99.97% lower than ICP transaction volume

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1,022 txns
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3,982,706 txns

Block Time

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Cardano block time is 48X longer than ICP block time

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22.94s
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0.48s

Finality

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Cardano finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

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2m
ICP logo
0s

Type

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Cardano and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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Cardano was launched 4 years before ICP

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Sep 27, 2017
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

Cardano vs ICP Decentralization New

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 93.97% lower than ICP Nakamoto Coefficient

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25
ICP logo
415

Validators

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Cardano has 1.49X more validators than ICP

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2,159
ICP logo
1,448

Stake

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Cardano stake is 16X higher than ICP stake

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$18.82B
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$1.181B

Consensus Mechanism

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Cardano is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Proof of Useful Work

Governance

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Cardano and ICP governance are both on-chain

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On-chain
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On-chain

Cardano vs ICP 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 ICP

The Internet Computer enables you to build anything without traditional IT and Big Tech. It hosts decentralized serverless compute that’s simpler, immune to cyber attack, unstoppable, and controllable by DAOs. Next-generation smart contracts (named Canisters) that hold both code and state enable truly Decentralized AI. Canisters use Chain Fusion technology to write transctions directly to other chains without centralized bridges, enabling secure multi-chain dapps. Build social, defi, games, e-commerce, enterprise or any kind of application or service on ICP. The internet is evolving.

Blockchains Socials

Cardano Socials

ICP Socials