Moonbeam vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Moonbeam TPS is 1.53X higher than Waterfall TPS

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1.57 tx/s
Waterfall logo
1.03 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Moonbeam max TPS is 99.9% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Moonbeam max theoretical TPS is 99.85% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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58.4 tx/s
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41,666 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Moonbeam transaction volume is 1.53X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

Moonbeam logo
5.65K txns
Waterfall logo
3.7K txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Moonbeam block time is 1.98X longer than Waterfall block time

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6.46s
Waterfall logo
3.26s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

Moonbeam finality is 1.25X longer than Waterfall finality

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30s
Waterfall logo
24s

Data from Chainspect

Type

Moonbeam is a parachain, while Waterfall is a layer 1 blockchain

Moonbeam logo
Parachain
Waterfall logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

Moonbeam has 3.19X more total transactions than Waterfall

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86.6M txns
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27.2M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

Moonbeam was launched 3 years before Waterfall

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Jan 11, 2022
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Jul 17, 2024

Data from Chainspect

Moonbeam vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Moonbeam Nakamoto Coefficient is 17X higher than Waterfall Nakamoto Coefficient

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17
Waterfall logo
1

Data from Chainspect

Validators

Moonbeam has 19X more validators than Waterfall

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76
Waterfall logo
4

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Moonbeam stake is 634X higher than Waterfall stake

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$264.4M
Waterfall logo
$417.2K

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

Moonbeam 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)

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Governance

Moonbeam on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

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On-chain
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Council

Data from Chainspect

Moonbeam vs Waterfall Developer Activity

Developers

Moonbeam has 17X more developers than Waterfall

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220
Waterfall logo
13

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Moonbeam has 60X more commits than Waterfall

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14,616
Waterfall logo
242

Data from Chainspect

Repos

Moonbeam has 3.88X more repos than Waterfall

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31
Waterfall logo
8

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Stars

Moonbeam has 468X more stars than Waterfall

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1,403
Waterfall logo
3

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Moonbeam has 101X more watchers than Waterfall

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201
Waterfall logo
2

Data from Chainspect

Moonbeam vs Waterfall Financials New

Chain Revenue

Moonbeam chain revenue is 19,896X higher than Waterfall chain revenue

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$40.42
Waterfall logo
$0.002032

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Moonbeam average transaction fee is 1,913X higher than Waterfall average transaction fee

Moonbeam logo
$0.0004941
Waterfall logo
$0.0000002582

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Moonbeam market cap is $12.26M, while Waterfall has no data

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$12.26M
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Moonbeam FDV is 6.08X higher than Waterfall FDV

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$13.76M
Waterfall logo
$2.262M

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Moonbeam Market Cap to FDV ratio is 89.11%, while Waterfall has no data

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89.11%
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Price

Moonbeam price is 128X higher than Waterfall price

Moonbeam logo
$0.01122
Waterfall logo
$0.0000875

Data from Chainspect

Moonbeam vs Waterfall Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Moonbeam

Moonbeam is an EVM-compatible smart contracts platform built in the Polkadot ecosystem. It's designed for seamless compatibility with Ethereum tooling to provide a user-friendly environment for porting existing and developing new dApps. Also, as the biggest Polkadot parachain Moonbeam encourages cross-chain communication with other parachains.

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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