NEAR vs Cardano Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

NEAR TPS is 51X higher than Cardano TPS

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45.85 tx/s
Cardano logo
0.9 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 51X higher than Cardano transaction volume

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165K txns
Cardano logo
3.23K txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

NEAR block time is 96.99% shorter than Cardano block time

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0.65s
Cardano logo
21.63s

Data from Chainspect

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

NEAR has 42X more total transactions than Cardano

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4.9B txns
Cardano logo
116M 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 65.21% lower than Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient

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8
Cardano logo
23

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Validators

NEAR has 82.27% fewer validators than Cardano

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380
Cardano logo
2,144

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Stake

NEAR stake is 88.96% lower than Cardano stake

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$1.022B
Cardano logo
$9.269B

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 66.87% fewer developers than Cardano

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1,177
Cardano logo
3,553

Data from Chainspect

Commits

NEAR has 67.55% fewer commits than Cardano

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74,713
Cardano logo
230,311

Data from Chainspect

Repos

NEAR has 1.16X more repos than Cardano

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214
Cardano logo
184

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Stars

NEAR has 16.12% fewer stars than Cardano

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9,735
Cardano logo
11,607

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

NEAR has 34.46% fewer watchers than Cardano

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1,352
Cardano logo
2,063

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Cardano Financials New

Chain Revenue

NEAR chain revenue is 1.62X higher than Cardano chain revenue

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$5.559K
Cardano logo
$3.438K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

NEAR average transaction fee is 98.88% lower than Cardano average transaction fee

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$0.001417
Cardano logo
$0.1273

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

NEAR market cap is 85.61% lower than Cardano market cap

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$2.215B
Cardano logo
$15.4B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

NEAR FDV is 88.52% lower than Cardano FDV

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$2.215B
Cardano logo
$19.3B

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
79.78%

Data from Chainspect

Price

NEAR price is 4.03X higher than Cardano price

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$1.727
Cardano logo
$0.4288

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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