Kusama vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Kusama TPS is 99.9% lower than Waterfall TPS

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0.0003 tx/s
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0.32 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Kusama max TPS is 98.76% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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401.7 tx/s
Waterfall logo
32,434 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Kusama max theoretical TPS is 2.4X higher than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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100,000 tx/s
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41,666 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Kusama transaction volume is 99.91% lower than Waterfall transaction volume

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1 txns
Waterfall logo
1.13K txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Kusama block time is 1.85X longer than Waterfall block time

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6.11s
Waterfall logo
3.3s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

Kusama finality is 1.25X longer than Waterfall finality

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30s
Waterfall logo
24s

Data from Chainspect

Type

Kusama and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

Kusama has 1.83X more total transactions than Waterfall

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50.7M txns
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27.7M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

Kusama was launched 5 years before Waterfall

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Nov 28, 2019
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Jul 17, 2024

Data from Chainspect

Kusama vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Kusama Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Waterfall Nakamoto Coefficient

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1
Waterfall logo
1

Data from Chainspect

Validators

Kusama has 250X more validators than Waterfall

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1,000
Waterfall logo
4

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Kusama stake is $0, while Waterfall has no data

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$0
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

Kusama is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Waterfall is PoS

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Nominated Proof of Stake
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

Data from Chainspect

Governance

Kusama on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

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On-chain
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Council

Data from Chainspect

Kusama vs Waterfall Developer Activity

Developers

Kusama has 13X more developers than Waterfall

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9,030
Waterfall logo
670

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Kusama has 44X more commits than Waterfall

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695,420
Waterfall logo
15,651

Data from Chainspect

Repos

Kusama has 46X more repos than Waterfall

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506
Waterfall logo
11

Data from Chainspect

Stars

Kusama has 11,807X more stars than Waterfall

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35,421
Waterfall logo
3

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Kusama has 2,548X more watchers than Waterfall

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5,096
Waterfall logo
2

Data from Chainspect

Kusama vs Waterfall Financials New

Chain Revenue

Kusama chain revenue is $0.5223, while Waterfall has no data

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$0.5223
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Kusama average transaction fee is $0.003653, while Waterfall has no data

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$0.003653
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Kusama market cap is $85.35M, while Waterfall has no data

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$85.35M
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Kusama FDV is 100% higher than Waterfall FDV

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$85.35M
Waterfall logo
$0

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Kusama Market Cap to FDV ratio is 100.00%, while Waterfall has no data

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100.00%
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Price

Kusama price is $4.704, while Waterfall has no data

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$4.704
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Kusama vs Waterfall 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 Waterfall

Waterfall is a highly scalable and decentralized BlockDAG EVM-compatible Layer 1 protocol. Low transaction fees and EVM compatibility make Waterfall the platform of choice for Dapps.

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