Cardano vs ICP

Cardano vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS

Chainspect

Cardano TPS is 99.96% lower than ICP TPS

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0.43 tx/s
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1,085 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
ICP logo
209,708 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Cardano transaction volume is 99.96% lower than ICP transaction volume

Cardano logo
1,551 txns
ICP logo
3,907,085 txns

Block Time

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Cardano block time is 46X longer than ICP block time

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21.94s
ICP logo
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

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 25, while ICP has no data

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25
ICP logo
—

Validators

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Cardano has 2,159 validators, while ICP has no data

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2,159
ICP logo
—

Stake

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Cardano stake is 17X higher than ICP stake

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$19.47B
ICP logo
$1.128B

Consensus Mechanism

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Cardano is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

Cardano logo
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 Developer Activity New

Developers

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Cardano has 4.79X more developers than ICP

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3,483
ICP logo
727

Repos

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Cardano has 1.09X more repos than ICP

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175
ICP logo
160

Commits

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Cardano has 2.01X more commits than ICP

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221,870
ICP logo
110,592

Stars

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Cardano has 1.25X more stars than ICP

Cardano logo
11,370
ICP logo
9,109

Watchers

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Cardano has 5.72% fewer watchers than ICP

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2,156
ICP logo
2,287

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