Compare Optimism vs Polkadot

Optimism TPS is 62,928X higher than Polkadot TPS

18.88 tx/s

0.0003 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 67,924X higher than Polkadot transaction volume

67.9K txns

1 txns

Optimism block time is 66.63% shorter than Polkadot block time

2s

5.99s

Optimism finality is 34X longer than Polkadot finality

16m 48s

30s

Optimism has 31X more total transactions than Polkadot

1.43B txns

46.1M txns

Optimism was launched 2 years after Polkadot

Dec 16, 2021

May 26, 2020

Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient is 99.44% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

1

177

Optimism has 99.83% fewer validators than Polkadot

1

600

Optimism has no data, while Polkadot stake is $924M

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$924M

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 62.04% fewer developers than Polkadot

3,463

9,122

Optimism has 74.13% fewer commits than Polkadot

182,922

707,001

Optimism has 83.68% fewer repos than Polkadot

94

576

Optimism has 63.05% fewer stars than Polkadot

13,171

35,642

Optimism has 64.68% fewer watchers than Polkadot

765

2,166

Optimism on-chain revenue is 18,156X higher than Polkadot on-chain revenue

$2.13K

$0.117

Optimism average transaction fee is 14X higher than Polkadot average transaction fee

$0.0018

$0.000133

Optimism market cap is 84.9% lower than Polkadot market cap

$259M

$1.71B

Optimism FDV is 76.96% lower than Polkadot FDV

$485M

$2.11B

Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 34.48% lower than Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio

53.34%

81.40%

Optimism price is 88.73% lower than Polkadot price

$0.113

$1.00