Ethereum vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Ethereum TPS is 97.94% lower than ICP TPS

Ethereum logo
22.4 tx/s
ICP logo
1,089 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Ethereum max TPS is 99.7% lower than ICP max TPS

Ethereum logo
74.91 tx/s
ICP logo
25,621 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Ethereum max theoretical TPS is 99.88% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS

Ethereum logo
238.1 tx/s
ICP logo
209,708 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Ethereum transaction volume is 97.94% lower than ICP transaction volume

Ethereum logo
80.4K txns
ICP logo
3.92M txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Ethereum block time is 25X longer than ICP block time

Ethereum logo
12s
ICP logo
480ms

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Finality

Ethereum finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

Ethereum logo
12m 48s
ICP logo
0s

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Type

Ethereum and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains

Ethereum logo
Layer 1 blockchain
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions (All time)

Ethereum has 98.78% fewer total transactions than ICP

Ethereum logo
3.56B txns
ICP logo
294B txns

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Launch Date

Ethereum was launched 6 years before ICP

Ethereum logo
Jul 30, 2015
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

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Ethereum vs ICP Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient is 92.85% lower than ICP Nakamoto Coefficient

Ethereum logo
1
ICP logo
14

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Validators

Ethereum has 1,318X more validators than ICP

Ethereum logo
886,800
ICP logo
673

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Stake

Ethereum stake is 121X higher than ICP stake

Ethereum logo
$63.41B
ICP logo
$526M

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Consensus Mechanism

Ethereum is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

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

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Governance

Ethereum off-chain governance is worse than ICP on-chain governance

Ethereum logo
Off-chain
ICP logo
On-chain

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Ethereum vs ICP Developer Activity

Developers

Ethereum has 14X more developers than ICP

Ethereum logo
10,647
ICP logo
788

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Commits

Ethereum has 4.35X more commits than ICP

Ethereum logo
514,198
ICP logo
118,086

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Repos

Ethereum has 2.47X more repos than ICP

Ethereum logo
440
ICP logo
178

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Stars

Ethereum has 22X more stars than ICP

Ethereum logo
184,948
ICP logo
8,402

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Watchers

Ethereum has 4.74X more watchers than ICP

Ethereum logo
8,116
ICP logo
1,711

Data from Chainspect

Ethereum vs ICP Financials New

Chain Revenue

Ethereum chain revenue is 47X higher than ICP chain revenue

Ethereum logo
$379.1K
ICP logo
$7.983K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Ethereum average transaction fee is 2,482X higher than ICP average transaction fee

Ethereum logo
$0.2106
ICP logo
$0.00008485

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Ethereum market cap is 169X higher than ICP market cap

Ethereum logo
$204.8B
ICP logo
$1.212B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Ethereum FDV is 169X higher than ICP FDV

Ethereum logo
$204.8B
ICP logo
$1.212B

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio is the same as ICP Market Cap to FDV ratio

Ethereum logo
100.00%
ICP logo
100.00%

Data from Chainspect

Price

Ethereum price is 776X higher than ICP price

Ethereum logo
$1,697
ICP logo
$2.186

Data from Chainspect

Ethereum vs ICP Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Ethereum

Ethereum emerges as a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform empowering developers to craft and deploy smart contracts alongside dApps. Pioneering the smart contract concept, Ethereum enables self-executing agreements with terms directly encoded into its blockchain, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Additionally, Ethereum serves as a hub for the creation and exchange of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and various digital assets. Its intrinsic cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH), facilitates network transactions and incentivizes miners to uphold network security. Ethereum's evolution to Ethereum 2.0 introduces a proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanism, aiming to enhance scalability and energy efficiency.

About ICP

The Internet Computer is a decentralized cloud blockchain that pursues the $1+ trillion cloud market — hosting apps, websites and enterprise systems, fully onchain, where they benefit from extraordinary security and resilience, can do multi-chain token processing, and can be administered in a decentralized way for safety.

A core purpose is “self-writing cloud”, where AI creates apps for mass market users, which are sophisticated and secure, in response to instructions they provide over chat.

The ICP token is burned powering onchain apps, and is a cryptocurrency used in network governance staking.

It’s easy to try — use AI to create onchain apps (e.g. caffeine.ai) or use an online IDE to write serverless code yourself (e.g. icp.ninja)!

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