Compare Cardano vs NEAR

Cardano vs NEAR Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Cardano TPS is 99.35% lower than NEAR TPS

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0.31 tx/s
NEAR logo
47.89 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Cardano max TPS is 99.71% lower than NEAR max TPS

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11.62 tx/s
NEAR logo
4,135 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.88% lower than NEAR max theoretical TPS

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18.02 tx/s
NEAR logo
16,000 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Cardano transaction volume is 99.35% lower than NEAR transaction volume

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1.11K txns
NEAR logo
172K txns

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Block Time (1H)

Cardano block time is 30X longer than NEAR block time

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19.61s
NEAR logo
0.66s

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Finality

Cardano finality is 200X longer than NEAR finality

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2m
NEAR logo
0.6s

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Type

Cardano and NEAR are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
NEAR logo
Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions

Cardano has 97.59% fewer total transactions than NEAR

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116M txns
NEAR logo
4.8B txns

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Launch Date

Cardano was launched 3 years before NEAR

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Sep 27, 2017
NEAR logo
Apr 22, 2020

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Cardano vs NEAR Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 2.75X higher than NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient

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22
NEAR logo
8

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Validators

Cardano has 5.51X more validators than NEAR

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2,131
NEAR logo
387

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Stake

Cardano stake is 7.96X higher than NEAR stake

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$11.14B
NEAR logo
$1.4B

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Consensus Mechanism

Cardano and NEAR are both PoS

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
NEAR logo
Proof of Stake (PoS)

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Governance

Cardano on-chain governance is better than NEAR council governance

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On-chain
NEAR logo
Council

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Cardano vs NEAR Developer Activity

Developers

Cardano has 3.04X more developers than NEAR

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3,532
NEAR logo
1,163

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Repos

Cardano has 14.08% fewer repos than NEAR

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183
NEAR logo
213

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Commits

Cardano has 3.06X more commits than NEAR

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227,619
NEAR logo
74,275

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Stars

Cardano has 1.2X more stars than NEAR

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11,616
NEAR logo
9,673

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Watchers

Cardano has 1.52X more watchers than NEAR

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2,066
NEAR logo
1,356

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Cardano vs NEAR Financials New

Chain Revenue

Cardano chain revenue is 39.82% lower than NEAR chain revenue

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$5.261K
NEAR logo
$8.743K

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Average Transaction Fee

Cardano average transaction fee is 80X higher than NEAR average transaction fee

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$0.1612
NEAR logo
$0.002009

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Price

Cardano price is 78.82% lower than NEAR price

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$0.5085
NEAR logo
$2.402

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Market Cap

Cardano market cap is 5.93X higher than NEAR market cap

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$18.24B
NEAR logo
$3.074B

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Cardano vs NEAR 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 NEAR

NEAR is the chain abstraction stack, empowering builders to create apps that scale to billions of users and across all blockchains.

Blockchains Socials

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