Compare NEAR vs Cardano
NEAR vs Cardano Scalability
Real-time TPS (1H)
NEAR TPS is 130X higher than Cardano TPS
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
NEAR max TPS is 356X higher than Cardano max TPS
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Max Theoretical TPS
NEAR max theoretical TPS is 888X higher than Cardano max theoretical TPS
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Transaction Volume (1H)
NEAR transaction volume is 130X higher than Cardano transaction volume
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Block Time (1H)
NEAR block time is 97.07% shorter than Cardano block time
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Finality
NEAR finality is 99.5% shorter than Cardano finality
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Type
NEAR and Cardano are both layer 1 blockchains
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Total Transactions
NEAR has 42X more total transactions than Cardano
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Launch Date
NEAR was launched 3 years after Cardano
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NEAR vs Cardano Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient is 63.63% lower than Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient
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Validators
NEAR has 81.83% fewer validators than Cardano
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Stake
NEAR stake is 87.43% lower than Cardano stake
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Consensus Mechanism
NEAR and Cardano are both PoS
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Governance
NEAR council governance is worse than Cardano on-chain governance
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NEAR vs Cardano Developer Activity
Developers
NEAR has 67.07% fewer developers than Cardano
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Repos
NEAR has 1.16X more repos than Cardano
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Commits
NEAR has 67.36% fewer commits than Cardano
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Stars
NEAR has 16.72% fewer stars than Cardano
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Watchers
NEAR has 34.36% fewer watchers than Cardano
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NEAR vs Cardano Financials New
Chain Revenue
NEAR chain revenue is 1.66X higher than Cardano chain revenue
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Average Transaction Fee
NEAR average transaction fee is 98.75% lower than Cardano average transaction fee
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Price
NEAR price is 4.72X higher than Cardano price
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Market Cap
NEAR market cap is 83.14% lower than Cardano market cap
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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.