NEAR vs Cardano Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

NEAR TPS is 139X higher than Cardano TPS

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46.8 tx/s
Cardano logo
0.34 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

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

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

NEAR max theoretical TPS is 888X higher than Cardano max theoretical TPS

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16,000 tx/s
Cardano logo
18.02 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

NEAR transaction volume is 139X higher than Cardano transaction volume

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168K txns
Cardano logo
1.21K txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

NEAR block time is 97.11% shorter than Cardano block time

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0.6s
Cardano logo
20.88s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

NEAR finality is 99.5% shorter than Cardano finality

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0.6s
Cardano logo
2m

Data from Chainspect

Type

NEAR and Cardano are both layer 1 blockchains

NEAR logo
Layer 1 blockchain
Cardano logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

NEAR has 43X more total transactions than Cardano

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5.11B txns
Cardano logo
118M 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 57.14% lower than Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient

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9
Cardano logo
21

Data from Chainspect

Validators

NEAR has 82.27% fewer validators than Cardano

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380
Cardano logo
2,144

Data from Chainspect

Stake

NEAR stake is 89% lower than Cardano stake

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$713.2M
Cardano logo
$6.484B

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

NEAR and Cardano are both PoS

NEAR logo
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

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Cardano Developer Activity

Developers

NEAR has 66.74% fewer developers than Cardano

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1,187
Cardano logo
3,569

Data from Chainspect

Commits

NEAR has 67.74% fewer commits than Cardano

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75,751
Cardano logo
234,859

Data from Chainspect

Repos

NEAR has 1.16X more repos than Cardano

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219
Cardano logo
188

Data from Chainspect

Stars

NEAR has 15.93% fewer stars than Cardano

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9,824
Cardano logo
11,686

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

NEAR has 34.76% fewer watchers than Cardano

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1,347
Cardano logo
2,065

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Cardano Financials New

Chain Revenue

NEAR chain revenue is 16.44% lower than Cardano chain revenue

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$3.237K
Cardano logo
$3.874K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

NEAR average transaction fee is 99.13% lower than Cardano average transaction fee

NEAR logo
$0.0009592
Cardano logo
$0.1108

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

NEAR market cap is 85.77% lower than Cardano market cap

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$1.53B
Cardano logo
$10.75B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

NEAR FDV is 88.6% lower than Cardano FDV

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$1.53B
Cardano logo
$13.42B

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

NEAR Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.25X higher than Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio

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100.00%
Cardano logo
80.10%

Data from Chainspect

Price

NEAR price is 3.99X higher than Cardano price

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$1.189
Cardano logo
$0.2983

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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