Compare Kusama vs Optimism

Kusama TPS is 99.99% lower than Optimism TPS

0.0025 tx/s

26.64 tx/s

Kusama max TPS is 1.57X higher than Optimism max TPS

401.7 tx/s

256.6 tx/s

Kusama max theoretical TPS is 140X higher than Optimism max theoretical TPS

100,000 tx/s

714.3 tx/s

Kusama transaction volume is 99.99% lower than Optimism transaction volume

9 txns

95.8K txns

Kusama block time is 3.07X longer than Optimism block time

6.14s

2s

Kusama finality is 97.02% shorter than Optimism finality

30s

16m 48s

Kusama is a layer 1 blockchain, while Optimism is a layer 2 blockchain

Layer 1 blockchain

Layer 2 blockchain

Kusama has 95.39% fewer total transactions than Optimism

50.7M txns

1.1B txns

Kusama was launched 2 years before Optimism

Nov 28, 2019

Dec 16, 2021

Kusama Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient

1

1

Kusama has 1,000X more validators than Optimism

1,000

1

Kusama stake is $0, while Optimism has no data

$0

—

Kusama is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Optimism is Rollup (Optimistic)

Nominated Proof of Stake

Rollup (Optimistic)

Kusama and Optimism governance are both on-chain

On-chain

On-chain

Kusama has 2.64X more developers than Optimism

9,016

3,410

Kusama has 3.87X more commits than Optimism

694,064

179,186

Kusama has 5.2X more repos than Optimism

499

96

Kusama has 2.7X more stars than Optimism

35,389

13,122

Kusama has 5.01X more watchers than Optimism

5,094

1,017

Kusama chain revenue is 99.95% lower than Optimism chain revenue

$0.3657

$842.9

Kusama average transaction fee is 7.21X higher than Optimism average transaction fee

$0.003933

$0.0005454

Kusama market cap is 68.02% lower than Optimism market cap

$73.56M

$230M

Kusama FDV is 84.09% lower than Optimism FDV

$73.56M

$462.4M

Kusama Market Cap to FDV ratio is 2.01X higher than Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio

100.00%

49.74%

Kusama price is 38X higher than Optimism price

$4.084

$0.1077