Compare Etherlink vs Waterfall

Etherlink TPS is 4.36X higher than Waterfall TPS

1.59 tx/s

0.36 tx/s

Etherlink max TPS is 99.89% lower than Waterfall max TPS

32.76 tx/s

32,434 tx/s

Etherlink max theoretical TPS is 96.91% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

1,286 tx/s

41,666 tx/s

Etherlink transaction volume is 4.36X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

5.71K txns

1.31K txns

Etherlink block time is 64.16% shorter than Waterfall block time

1.12s

3.14s

Etherlink finality is 25% shorter than Waterfall finality

18s

24s

Etherlink has 2.93X more total transactions than Waterfall

89M txns

30.4M txns

Etherlink was launched 7 months after Waterfall

Feb 25, 2025

Jul 17, 2024

Etherlink Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Waterfall Nakamoto Coefficient

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Etherlink has 75% fewer validators than Waterfall

1

4

Etherlink and Waterfall have no data

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Etherlink is Rollup (Optimistic), while Waterfall is PoS

Rollup (Optimistic)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Etherlink on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

On-chain

Council

Etherlink has 77.62% fewer developers than Waterfall

177

791

Etherlink has 80.08% fewer commits than Waterfall

4,689

23,540

Etherlink has 1.29X more repos than Waterfall

18

14

Etherlink has 7.67X more stars than Waterfall

23

3

Etherlink has 3X more watchers than Waterfall

6

2

Etherlink on-chain revenue is $42.55, while Waterfall has no data

$42.55

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Etherlink average transaction fee is $0.0002032, while Waterfall has no data

$0.0002032

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Etherlink and Waterfall have no data

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Etherlink and Waterfall have no data

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Etherlink and Waterfall have no data

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Etherlink and Waterfall have no data

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