Compare Cronos vs Moonbeam

Cronos vs Moonbeam Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Cronos TPS is 3.05X higher than Moonbeam TPS

Cronos logo
2.29 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
0.75 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Cronos max TPS is 4.84X higher than Moonbeam max TPS

Cronos logo
141.7 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
29.3 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Cronos max theoretical TPS is 92X higher than Moonbeam max theoretical TPS

Cronos logo
5,390 tx/s
Moonbeam logo
58.4 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Cronos transaction volume is 3.05X higher than Moonbeam transaction volume

Cronos logo
8.23K txns
Moonbeam logo
2.7K txns

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Block Time (1H)

Cronos block time is 90.75% shorter than Moonbeam block time

Cronos logo
0.66s
Moonbeam logo
7.19s

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Finality

Cronos finality is 100% shorter than Moonbeam finality

Cronos logo
0s
Moonbeam logo
30s

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Type

Cronos is a layer 1 blockchain, while Moonbeam is a parachain

Cronos logo
Layer 1 blockchain
Moonbeam logo
Parachain

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Total Transactions

Cronos has 1.19X more total transactions than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
91.1M txns
Moonbeam logo
76.8M txns

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Launch Date

Cronos was launched 2 months before Moonbeam

Cronos logo
Nov 8, 2021
Moonbeam logo
Jan 11, 2022

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Cronos vs Moonbeam Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Cronos Nakamoto Coefficient is 97.82% lower than Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient

Cronos logo
4
Moonbeam logo
184

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Validators

Cronos has 83.33% fewer validators than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
100
Moonbeam logo
600

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Stake

Cronos stake is 33.85% lower than Moonbeam stake

Cronos logo
$2.243B
Moonbeam logo
$3.391B

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Consensus Mechanism

Cronos is PoS, while Moonbeam is Nominated Proof of Stake

Cronos logo
Proof of Stake (PoS)
Moonbeam logo
Nominated Proof of Stake

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Governance

Cronos and Moonbeam governance are both on-chain

Cronos logo
On-chain
Moonbeam logo
On-chain

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Cronos vs Moonbeam Developer Activity New

Developers

Cronos has 1.49X more developers than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
302
Moonbeam logo
203

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Repos

Cronos has 13.33% fewer repos than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
26
Moonbeam logo
30

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Commits

Cronos has 1.1X more commits than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
15,625
Moonbeam logo
14,220

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Stars

Cronos has 17.91% fewer stars than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
1,132
Moonbeam logo
1,379

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Watchers

Cronos has 17.32% fewer watchers than Moonbeam

Cronos logo
167
Moonbeam logo
202

Data from Chainspect

Cronos vs Moonbeam Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Cronos

Cronos emerges as an interoperable blockchain, streamlining the migration of applications and crypto assets from various chains while prioritizing low transaction costs, rapid throughput, and fast finalization times. It operates as an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chain, augmented with support for Inter-Blockchain Communications (IBC) networks based on the Cosmos SDK. This integration empowers developers to create and launch dApps atop the EVM infrastructure.

About Moonbeam

Moonbeam is an EVM-compatible smart contracts platform built in the Polkadot ecosystem. It's designed for seamless compatibility with Ethereum tooling to provide a user-friendly environment for porting existing and developing new dApps. Also, as the biggest Polkadot parachain Moonbeam encourages cross-chain communication with other parachains.

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