# Etherlink vs NEAR

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

| Metric                       | Etherlink           | NEAR                 |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 1.2 tx/s            | 8.84 tx/s            |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 43.35 tx/s          | 4.14K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1.29K tx/s          | 1M tx/s              |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 4.3K txns           | 31.8K txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 1.6s                | 566ms                |
| Finality Time                | 18s                 | 1.2s                 |
| Total Transactions           | 108M txns           | 5.47B txns           |
| Launch Date                  | Feb 25, 2025        | Apr 22, 2020         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 9                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 340                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $2.09B               |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | Council              |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $37.3               | $3.85K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.000276           | $0.0043              |
| Price                        | —                   | $3.57                |
| Market Cap                   | —                   | $4.68B               |
| FDV                          | —                   | $4.68B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                   | 100.00%              |
| Developers                   | 184                 | 1,275                |
| Commits                      | 4,850               | 82,321               |
| Repos                        | 18                  | 279                  |
| Stars                        | 23                  | 10,237               |

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