# Kusama vs Solana

Side-by-side fundamentals for Kusama and Solana tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Kusama                   | Solana               |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 0 tx/s                   | 1.62K tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 401.7 tx/s               | 11K tx/s             |
| Theoretical TPS              | 100K tx/s                | 65K tx/s             |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 0 txns                   | 5.85M txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 6.18s                    | 213ms                |
| Finality Time                | 30s                      | 400ms                |
| Total Transactions           | 50.7M txns               | 135B txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Nov 28, 2019             | Mar 16, 2020         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                        | 17                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 700                      | 663                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $0                       | $38.7B               |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Nominated Proof of Stake | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain                 | Off-chain            |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $0.00468                 | $500K                |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.00468                 | $0.00302             |
| Price                        | $3.25                    | $90.11               |
| Market Cap                   | $62M                     | $53.2B               |
| FDV                          | $62M                     | $57.4B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 100.00%                  | 92.66%               |
| Developers                   | 9,126                    | 10,956               |
| Commits                      | 707,480                  | 97,108               |
| Repos                        | 577                      | 160                  |
| Stars                        | 35,642                   | 42,166               |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/kusama-vs-solana