Real-time TPS
NEAR TPS is 21X more than Avalanche TPS
73.64 tx/s
3.57 tx/s
Max Recorded TPS
NEAR max TPS is 3.68X more than Avalanche max TPS
342 tx/s
92.74 tx/s
Max Theoretical TPS
NEAR max theoretical TPS is 34X more than Avalanche max theoretical TPS
12,000 tx/s
357 tx/s
Block Time
NEAR block time is 45.4% less than Avalanche block time
1.1s
2.02s
Finality
NEAR finality is 100% more than Avalanche finality
2s
0s
Type
NEAR and Avalanche are both layer 1 blockchains
Layer 1 blockchain
Layer 1 blockchain
Governance
NEAR council governance is worse than Avalanche on-chain governance
Council
On-chain
Launch Date
NEAR was launched 5 months before Avalanche
Apr 22, 2020
Sep 21, 2020
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About Blockchains
About Blockchains
NEAR is the chain abstraction stack, empowering builders to create apps that scale to billions of users and across all blockchains.
About Blockchains
Avalanche emerges as a rapid, scalable blockchain platform facilitating the seamless creation and deployment of dApps. Distinguished by its unique consensus mechanism, it's particularly good for DeFi applications, allowing high throughput and nearly instant finality. Its architecture allows for a network of interconnected blockchains, each safeguarded by dynamic subsets of validators, ensuring scalability while maintaining speed, reliability, and security.