# NEAR vs Stellar

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

| Metric                       | NEAR                 | Stellar                    |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 12.2 tx/s            | 129 tx/s                   |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 4.14K tx/s           | 218.1 tx/s                 |
| Theoretical TPS              | 1M tx/s              | 3.35K tx/s                 |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 43.9K txns           | 464K txns                  |
| Block Time (1H)              | 567ms                | 4.99s                      |
| Finality Time                | 1.2s                 | Instant                    |
| Total Transactions           | 5.47B txns           | 25.1B txns                 |
| Launch Date                  | Apr 22, 2020         | Sep 30, 2015               |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 9                    | 4                          |
| Validators/Miners            | 351                  | 103                        |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $2.11B               | —                          |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Stellar Consensus Protocol |
| Governance                   | Council              | On-chain                   |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $2.72K               | $723                       |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.00447             | $0.0₄634                   |
| Price                        | $3.64                | $0.1463                    |
| Market Cap                   | $4.77B               | $5.18B                     |
| FDV                          | $4.77B               | $7.32B                     |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 100.00%              | 70.74%                     |
| Developers                   | 1,275                | 769                        |
| Commits                      | 82,175               | 70,852                     |
| Repos                        | 278                  | 132                        |
| Stars                        | 10,228               | 11,168                     |

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