# Etherlink vs ICP

Side-by-side fundamentals for Etherlink and ICP tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Etherlink           | ICP                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 1.42 tx/s           | 5.13K tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 43.35 tx/s          | 25.6K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1.29K tx/s          | 210K tx/s            |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 5.11K txns          | 18.5M txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 1.27s               | 480ms                |
| Finality Time                | 18s                 | Instant              |
| Total Transactions           | 107M txns           | 315B txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Feb 25, 2025        | May 10, 2021         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 14                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 618                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $629M                |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Useful Work |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain             |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $53.6               | $10.6K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.000278           | $0.0₄238             |
| Price                        | —                   | $2.56                |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $1.43B               |
| FDV                          | —                   | $1.43B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 100.00%              |
| Developers                   | 184                 | 803                  |
| Commits                      | 4,850               | 123,036              |
| Repos                        | 18                  | 183                  |
| Stars                        | 23                  | 8,545                |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/etherlink-vs-icp