NEAR vs Cardano Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

NEAR TPS is 18X higher than Cardano TPS

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4.92 tx/s
Cardano logo
0.28 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

NEAR max TPS is 356X higher than Cardano max TPS

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4,135 tx/s
Cardano logo
11.62 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

NEAR max theoretical TPS is 55,494X higher than Cardano max theoretical TPS

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1,000,000 tx/s
Cardano logo
18.02 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

NEAR transaction volume is 18X higher than Cardano transaction volume

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17.7K txns
Cardano logo
996 txns

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Block Time (1H)

NEAR block time is 96.78% shorter than Cardano block time

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0.59s
Cardano logo
18.33s

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Finality

NEAR finality is 99.5% shorter than Cardano finality

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0.6s
Cardano logo
2m

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Type

NEAR and Cardano are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
Cardano logo
Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions (All time)

NEAR has 44X more total transactions than Cardano

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5.33B txns
Cardano logo
121M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

NEAR was launched 3 years after Cardano

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Apr 22, 2020
Cardano logo
Sep 27, 2017

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NEAR vs Cardano Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient is 59.09% lower than Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient

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9
Cardano logo
22

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Validators

NEAR has 80.87% fewer validators than Cardano

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412
Cardano logo
2,154

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Stake

NEAR stake is 84.19% lower than Cardano stake

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$949.4M
Cardano logo
$6.007B

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

NEAR and Cardano are both PoS

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
Cardano logo
Proof of Stake (PoS)

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Governance

NEAR council governance is worse than Cardano on-chain governance

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Council
Cardano logo
On-chain

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NEAR vs Cardano Developer Activity

Developers

NEAR has 67.25% fewer developers than Cardano

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1,208
Cardano logo
3,689

Data from Chainspect

Commits

NEAR has 72.01% fewer commits than Cardano

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78,055
Cardano logo
278,907

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Repos

NEAR has 1.05X more repos than Cardano

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230
Cardano logo
219

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Stars

NEAR has 18.88% fewer stars than Cardano

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9,976
Cardano logo
12,299

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Watchers

NEAR has 39.7% fewer watchers than Cardano

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1,371
Cardano logo
2,274

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Cardano Financials New

Chain Revenue

NEAR chain revenue is 58.69% lower than Cardano chain revenue

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$926.7
Cardano logo
$2.244K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

NEAR average transaction fee is 98.03% lower than Cardano average transaction fee

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$0.001788
Cardano logo
$0.09083

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

NEAR market cap is 79.12% lower than Cardano market cap

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$2.076B
Cardano logo
$9.948B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

NEAR FDV is 83.21% lower than Cardano FDV

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$2.076B
Cardano logo
$12.37B

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

NEAR Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.24X higher than Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio

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100.00%
Cardano logo
80.43%

Data from Chainspect

Price

NEAR price is 5.83X higher than Cardano price

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$1.603
Cardano logo
$0.2749

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Cardano 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 Cardano

Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform: the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies to provide unparalleled security and sustainability to decentralized applications, systems, and societies.

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NEAR Socials

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