# NEAR vs Polkadot

Side-by-side fundamentals for NEAR and Polkadot tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | NEAR                 | Polkadot                 |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------ |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 6.5 tx/s             | 0 tx/s                   |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 4.14K tx/s           | 462.7 tx/s               |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1M tx/s              | 1K tx/s                  |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 23.4K txns           | 0 txns                   |
| Block Time (1H)              | 572ms                | 6.01s                    |
| Finality Time                | 1.2s                 | 30s                      |
| Total Transactions           | 5.47B txns           | 46.1M txns               |
| Launch Date                  | Apr 22, 2020         | May 26, 2020             |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 9                    | 181                      |
| Validators/Miners            | 351                  | 600                      |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $2.2B                | $829M                    |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Nominated Proof of Stake |
| Governance                   | Council              | On-chain                 |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $3.63K               | $0.0652                  |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.00505             | $0.000138                |
| Price                        | $3.74                | $0.9053                  |
| Market Cap                   | $4.9B                | $1.55B                   |
| FDV                          | $4.9B                | $1.9B                    |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 100.00%              | 81.47%                   |
| Developers                   | 1,275                | 9,128                    |
| Commits                      | 82,149               | 707,557                  |
| Repos                        | 278                  | 577                      |
| Stars                        | 10,223               | 35,643                   |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/near-vs-polkadot