Cardano vs ICP
Cardano vs ICP Scalability
Real-time TPS
Cardano TPS is 99.97% lower than ICP TPS
Max TPS (100 blocks)
Cardano max TPS is 99.95% lower than ICP max TPS
Max Theoretical TPS
Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.99% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS
Transaction Volume
Cardano transaction volume is 99.97% lower than ICP transaction volume
Block Time
Cardano block time is 39X longer than ICP block time
Finality
Cardano finality is 100% longer than ICP finality
Type
Cardano and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains
Launch Date
Cardano was launched 4 years before ICP
Cardano vs ICP Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 25, while ICP has no data
Validators
Cardano has 2,159 validators, while ICP has no data
Stake
Cardano stake is 17X higher than ICP stake
Consensus Mechanism
Cardano is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work
Governance
Cardano and ICP governance are both on-chain
Cardano vs ICP Developer Activity New
Developers
Cardano has 4.79X more developers than ICP
Repos
Cardano has 1.09X more repos than ICP
Commits
Cardano has 2X more commits than ICP
Stars
Cardano has 1.25X more stars than ICP
Watchers
Cardano has 5.48% fewer watchers than ICP
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.