NEAR vs Waterfall

NEAR vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

NEAR TPS is 184X higher than Waterfall TPS

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48.45 tx/s
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0.26 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

NEAR max TPS is 87.25% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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4,135 tx/s
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32,434 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

NEAR max theoretical TPS is 61.59% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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16,000 tx/s
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41,666 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

NEAR transaction volume is 184X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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174K txns
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946 txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

NEAR block time is 87.57% shorter than Waterfall block time

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0.61s
Waterfall logo
4.92s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

NEAR finality is 97.5% shorter than Waterfall finality

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0.6s
Waterfall logo
24s

Data from Chainspect

Type

NEAR and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions

NEAR has 214X more total transactions than Waterfall

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4.62B txns
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21.6M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

NEAR was launched 4 years before Waterfall

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Apr 22, 2020
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Jul 17, 2024

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NEAR vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient is 9, while Waterfall has no data

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9
Waterfall logo
—

Data from Chainspect

Validators

NEAR has 99.59% fewer validators than Waterfall

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322
Waterfall logo
79,010

Data from Chainspect

Stake

NEAR stake is 2,130X higher than Waterfall stake

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$1.68B
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$788.9K

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

NEAR and Waterfall are both PoS

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

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Governance

NEAR and Waterfall governance are both council

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Council
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Council

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NEAR vs Waterfall Developer Activity New

Developers

NEAR has 89X more developers than Waterfall

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1,156
Waterfall logo
13

Data from Chainspect

Repos

NEAR has 26X more repos than Waterfall

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211
Waterfall logo
8

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Commits

NEAR has 304X more commits than Waterfall

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73,464
Waterfall logo
242

Data from Chainspect

Stars

NEAR has 3,198X more stars than Waterfall

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9,595
Waterfall logo
3

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

NEAR has 774X more watchers than Waterfall

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1,548
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2

Data from Chainspect

NEAR vs Waterfall 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 Waterfall

Waterfall is a highly scalable and decentralized BlockDAG EVM-compatible Layer 1 protocol. Low transaction fees and EVM compatibility make Waterfall the platform of choice for Dapps.

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