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NEAR vs Bitcoin Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

NEAR TPS is 70.78% lower than Bitcoin TPS

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6.38 tx/s
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21.82 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

NEAR max TPS is 307X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

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4,135 tx/s
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13.48 tx/s

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Theoretical TPS

NEAR max theoretical TPS is 142,857X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

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1,000,000 tx/s
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7 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

NEAR transaction volume is 1.16X higher than Bitcoin transaction volume

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22.9K txns
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19.8K txns

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Block Time (1H)

NEAR block time is 99.73% shorter than Bitcoin block time

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604ms
Bitcoin logo
3m 47s

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Finality Time

NEAR finality is 99.96% shorter than Bitcoin finality

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1.2s
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1h

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Type

NEAR and Bitcoin are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Total Transactions (All time)

NEAR has 3.84X more total transactions than Bitcoin

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5.4B txns
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1.4B txns

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Launch Date

NEAR was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

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Apr 22, 2020
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NEAR vs Bitcoin Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient is 2X higher than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

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8
Bitcoin logo
4

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Validators/Miners

NEAR has 2.99X more validators than Bitcoin has miners

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418
Bitcoin logo
140

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Stake/Hashrate

NEAR stake is $1.014B, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.11K EH/s

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$1.014B
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Consensus Mechanism

NEAR is PoS, while Bitcoin is PoW

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Governance

NEAR council governance is worse than Bitcoin off-chain governance

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Council
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NEAR vs Bitcoin Developer Activity

Developers

NEAR has 38.8% fewer developers than Bitcoin

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1,224
Bitcoin logo
2,000

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Commits

NEAR has 36.43% fewer commits than Bitcoin

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79,042
Bitcoin logo
124,354

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Repos

NEAR has 10X more repos than Bitcoin

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234
Bitcoin logo
23

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Stars

NEAR has 90.67% fewer stars than Bitcoin

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10,044
Bitcoin logo
107,689

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Watchers

NEAR has 78.1% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

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1,221
Bitcoin logo
5,577

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NEAR vs Bitcoin Financials

Revenue

NEAR chain revenue is 99.42% lower than Bitcoin chain revenue

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$1.341K
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$234.3K

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Average Transaction Fee

NEAR average transaction fee is 99.38% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

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$0.001965
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$0.319

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Market Cap

NEAR market cap is 99.82% lower than Bitcoin market cap

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$2.218B
Bitcoin logo
$1.263T

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FDV

NEAR FDV is 99.83% lower than Bitcoin FDV

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$2.218B
Bitcoin logo
$1.322T

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Market Cap / FDV

NEAR Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.05X higher than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

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100.00%
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95.55%

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Price

NEAR price is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin price

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$1.703
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$62,940

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NEAR vs Bitcoin Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About NEAR

NEAR is the chain abstraction stack, empowering builders to create apps that scale to billions of users and across all blockchains.

About Bitcoin

Bitcoin stands as a leading cryptocurrency and payment network, utilizing peer-to-peer technology to operate without central authorities. It embraces global participation as an open-source platform. A notable advancement in Bitcoin is the introduction of ordinals and inscriptions. Launched in January 2023, the Bitcoin ordinals protocol enables the embedding of digital content like art, text, or video directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain. This innovation allows for the creation of exclusive digital collectibles, giving each satoshi a unique identity and purpose, broadening Bitcoin's utility beyond its role as a store of value.

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