Compare Cardano vs ICP

Cardano vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Cardano TPS is 99.96% lower than ICP TPS

Cardano logo
0.39 tx/s
ICP logo
1,055 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Cardano max TPS is 99.95% lower than ICP max TPS

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11.62 tx/s
ICP logo
25,621 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

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

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Cardano transaction volume is 99.96% lower than ICP transaction volume

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1.41K txns
ICP logo
3.8M txns

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Block Time (1H)

Cardano block time is 41X longer than ICP block time

Cardano logo
19.49s
ICP logo
0.48s

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Finality

Cardano finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

Cardano logo
2m
ICP logo
0s

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Type

Cardano and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions

Cardano has 99.95% fewer total transactions than ICP

Cardano logo
114M txns
ICP logo
260B txns

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Launch Date

Cardano was launched 4 years before ICP

Cardano logo
Sep 27, 2017
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

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Cardano vs ICP Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 25, while ICP has no data

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25
ICP logo
—

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Validators

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

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2,159
ICP logo
—

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Stake

Cardano stake is 17X higher than ICP stake

Cardano logo
$18.17B
ICP logo
$1.07B

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Consensus Mechanism

Cardano is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
ICP logo
Proof of Useful Work

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Governance

Cardano and ICP governance are both on-chain

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On-chain
ICP logo
On-chain

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Cardano vs ICP Developer Activity New

Developers

Cardano has 4.63X more developers than ICP

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3,502
ICP logo
757

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Repos

Cardano has 1.01X more repos than ICP

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178
ICP logo
176

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Commits

Cardano has 1.95X more commits than ICP

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224,414
ICP logo
114,893

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Stars

Cardano has 1.25X more stars than ICP

Cardano logo
11,526
ICP logo
9,204

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Watchers

Cardano has 7.45% fewer watchers than ICP

Cardano logo
2,073
ICP logo
2,240

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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.

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