NEAR vs Waterfall

NEAR vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS

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NEAR TPS is 143X higher than Waterfall TPS

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53.65 tx/s
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0.37 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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NEAR max TPS is 67.42% lower than Waterfall max TPS

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4,135 tx/s
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12,693 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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NEAR max theoretical TPS is 1.2X higher than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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16,000 tx/s
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13,333 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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NEAR transaction volume is 143X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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193,133 txns
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1,349 txns

Block Time

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NEAR block time is 80.24% shorter than Waterfall block time

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0.6s
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3.03s

Finality

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NEAR finality is 97.5% shorter than Waterfall finality

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0.6s
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24s

Type

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NEAR and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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NEAR was launched 4 years before Waterfall

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Apr 22, 2020
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Jul 17, 2024

NEAR vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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NEAR Nakamoto Coefficient is 10, while Waterfall has no data

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10
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—

Validators

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NEAR has 99.51% fewer validators than Waterfall

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314
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64,910

Stake

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NEAR stake is 4,051X higher than Waterfall stake

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$1.554B
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$383.6K

Consensus Mechanism

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NEAR and Waterfall are both PoS

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

Governance

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NEAR and Waterfall governance are both council

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Council
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Council

NEAR vs Waterfall Developer Activity New

Developers

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NEAR has 88X more developers than Waterfall

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1,150
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13

Repos

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NEAR has 26X more repos than Waterfall

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211
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8

Commits

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NEAR has 303X more commits than Waterfall

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73,211
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242

Stars

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NEAR has 3,174X more stars than Waterfall

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9,523
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3

Watchers

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NEAR has 775X more watchers than Waterfall

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1,549
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2

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.

Blockchains Socials

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