Compare Optimism vs Polkadot

Optimism TPS is 2,173X higher than Polkadot TPS

21.73 tx/s

0.01 tx/s

Optimism max TPS is 36.08% lower than Polkadot max TPS

295.7 tx/s

462.7 tx/s

Optimism max theoretical TPS is 28.57% lower than Polkadot max theoretical TPS

714.3 tx/s

1,000 tx/s

Optimism transaction volume is 2,172X higher than Polkadot transaction volume

78.2K txns

36 txns

Optimism block time is 66.62% shorter than Polkadot block time

2s

5.99s

Optimism finality is 34X longer than Polkadot finality

16m 48s

30s

Optimism has 30X more total transactions than Polkadot

1.4B txns

46.1M txns

Optimism was launched 2 years after Polkadot

Dec 16, 2021

May 26, 2020

Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient is 99.45% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

1

185

Optimism has 99.83% fewer validators than Polkadot

1

600

Optimism has no data, while Polkadot stake is $1.023B

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$1.023B

Optimism is Rollup (Optimistic), while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake

Rollup (Optimistic)

Nominated Proof of Stake

Optimism and Polkadot governance are both on-chain

On-chain

On-chain

Optimism has 62.07% fewer developers than Polkadot

3,456

9,113

Optimism has 74.12% fewer commits than Polkadot

182,638

705,715

Optimism has 83.47% fewer repos than Polkadot

94

569

Optimism has 63.06% fewer stars than Polkadot

13,163

35,636

Optimism has 64.88% fewer watchers than Polkadot

763

2,173

Optimism on-chain revenue is 152X higher than Polkadot on-chain revenue

$2.808K

$18.44

Optimism average transaction fee is 89.58% lower than Polkadot average transaction fee

$0.001711

$0.01642

Optimism market cap is 85.27% lower than Polkadot market cap

$281.5M

$1.911B

Optimism FDV is 77.64% lower than Polkadot FDV

$525.7M

$2.352B

Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 34.1% lower than Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio

53.54%

81.25%

Optimism price is 89.07% lower than Polkadot price

$0.1224

$1.12