# Etherlink vs IoTeX

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

| Metric                       | Etherlink           | IoTeX                |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 4.73 tx/s           | 0.11 tx/s            |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 43.35 tx/s          | 829.7 tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1.29K tx/s          | 2K tx/s              |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 17K txns            | 408 txns             |
| Block Time (1H)              | 773ms               | 2.5s                 |
| Finality Time                | 18s                 | Instant              |
| Total Transactions           | 108M txns           | 426M txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Feb 25, 2025        | Apr 22, 2019         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 9                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 68                   |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $9.76M               |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain             |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $58.2               | $4.13                |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.000255           | $0.000913            |
| Price                        | —                   | $0.002629            |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $24.8M               |
| FDV                          | —                   | $26.3M               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 94.41%               |
| Developers                   | 185                 | 397                  |
| Commits                      | 4,858               | 21,660               |
| Repos                        | 18                  | 139                  |
| Stars                        | 23                  | 2,706                |

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