Kusama vs Starknet Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Kusama TPS is 99.95% lower than Starknet TPS

Kusama logo
0.0011 tx/s
Starknet logo
2.68 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Kusama max TPS is 1.05X higher than Starknet max TPS

Kusama logo
401.7 tx/s
Starknet logo
381.6 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Kusama max theoretical TPS is 101X higher than Starknet max theoretical TPS

Kusama logo
100,000 tx/s
Starknet logo
992 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Kusama transaction volume is 99.95% lower than Starknet transaction volume

Kusama logo
4 txns
Starknet logo
9.63K txns

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Block Time (1H)

Kusama block time is 2.33X longer than Starknet block time

Kusama logo
6.04s
Starknet logo
2.59s

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Finality

Kusama finality is 99.62% shorter than Starknet finality

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30s
Starknet logo
2h

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Type

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

Kusama logo
Layer 1 blockchain
Starknet logo
Layer 2 blockchain

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Total Transactions (All time)

Kusama has 82.3% fewer total transactions than Starknet

Kusama logo
50.7M txns
Starknet logo
286M txns

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Launch Date

Kusama was launched 2 years before Starknet

Kusama logo
Nov 28, 2019
Starknet logo
Nov 16, 2021

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Kusama vs Starknet Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Kusama Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Starknet Nakamoto Coefficient

Kusama logo
1
Starknet logo
1

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Validators

Kusama has 1,000X more validators than Starknet

Kusama logo
1,000
Starknet logo
1

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Kusama stake is $0, while Starknet has no data

Kusama logo
$0
Starknet logo
—

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Consensus Mechanism

Kusama is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Starknet is Rollup (ZK)

Kusama logo
Nominated Proof of Stake
Starknet logo
Rollup (ZK)

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Governance

Kusama and Starknet governance are both on-chain

Kusama logo
On-chain
Starknet logo
On-chain

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Kusama vs Starknet Developer Activity

Developers

Kusama has 25X more developers than Starknet

Kusama logo
9,023
Starknet logo
368

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Kusama has 44X more commits than Starknet

Kusama logo
694,838
Starknet logo
15,960

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Repos

Kusama has 19X more repos than Starknet

Kusama logo
503
Starknet logo
27

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Stars

Kusama has 11X more stars than Starknet

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35,404
Starknet logo
3,240

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Kusama has 41X more watchers than Starknet

Kusama logo
5,095
Starknet logo
123

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Kusama vs Starknet Financials New

Chain Revenue

Kusama chain revenue is 99.97% lower than Starknet chain revenue

Kusama logo
$1.049
Starknet logo
$5.198K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Kusama average transaction fee is 82.95% lower than Starknet average transaction fee

Kusama logo
$0.004661
Starknet logo
$0.02735

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Kusama market cap is 59.17% lower than Starknet market cap

Kusama logo
$89.01M
Starknet logo
$218.1M

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Kusama FDV is 76.09% lower than Starknet FDV

Kusama logo
$89.01M
Starknet logo
$372.4M

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Kusama Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.71X higher than Starknet Market Cap to FDV ratio

Kusama logo
100.00%
Starknet logo
58.55%

Data from Chainspect

Price

Kusama price is 132X higher than Starknet price

Kusama logo
$4.924
Starknet logo
$0.03724

Data from Chainspect

Kusama vs Starknet Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Kusama

Kusama is a scalable multi-chain network for radical innovation and early stage Polkadot deployments. Expect Chaos. No promises.

About Starknet

Starknet stands as a permissionless blockchain solution, functioning as a Validity-Rollup, often referred to as a zero-knowledge rollup (ZK rollup) for Ethereum. It's a Layer 2 (L2) platform that empowers dApps to achieve significant computational scalability while upholding Ethereum's inherent composability and security standards.

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