Compare Optimism vs Polkadot

Optimism TPS is 1,812X higher than Polkadot TPS

30.25 tx/s

0.02 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 1,814X higher than Polkadot transaction volume

109K txns

60 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

1.36B txns

46M txns

Optimism was launched 2 years after Polkadot

Dec 16, 2021

May 26, 2020

Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient is 99.43% lower than Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient

1

176

Optimism has 99.83% fewer validators than Polkadot

1

600

Optimism has no data, while Polkadot stake is $987.7M

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$987.7M

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

3,455

9,104

Optimism has 74.06% fewer commits than Polkadot

182,663

704,283

Optimism has 83.09% fewer repos than Polkadot

96

568

Optimism has 62.92% fewer stars than Polkadot

13,212

35,634

Optimism has 62.87% fewer watchers than Polkadot

809

2,179

Optimism on-chain revenue is 101X higher than Polkadot on-chain revenue

$2.347K

$23.34

Optimism average transaction fee is 90.94% lower than Polkadot average transaction fee

$0.001457

$0.01608

Optimism market cap is 87.26% lower than Polkadot market cap

$237.9M

$1.868B

Optimism FDV is 80.7% lower than Polkadot FDV

$444.2M

$2.303B

Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 33.98% lower than Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio

53.54%

81.11%

Optimism price is 90.56% lower than Polkadot price

$0.1034

$1.096