Compare Optimism vs Waterfall

Optimism TPS is 26X higher than Waterfall TPS

21.1 tx/s

0.82 tx/s

Optimism max TPS is 99.38% lower than Waterfall max TPS

200.2 tx/s

32,434 tx/s

Optimism max theoretical TPS is 98.28% lower than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

714.3 tx/s

41,666 tx/s

Optimism transaction volume is 26X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

76K txns

2.94K txns

Optimism block time is 29.72% shorter than Waterfall block time

2s

2.85s

Optimism finality is 42X longer than Waterfall finality

16m 48s

24s

Optimism is a layer 2 blockchain, while Waterfall is a layer 1 blockchain

Layer 2 blockchain

Layer 1 blockchain

Optimism was launched 3 years before Waterfall

Dec 16, 2021

Jul 17, 2024

Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient is 1, while Waterfall has no data

1

—

Optimism has 99.99% fewer validators than Waterfall

1

106,200

Optimism has no data, while Waterfall stake is $2.598M

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$2.598M

Optimism is Rollup (Optimistic), while Waterfall is PoS

Rollup (Optimistic)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Optimism on-chain governance is better than Waterfall council governance

On-chain

Council

Optimism has 231X more developers than Waterfall

3,005

13

Optimism has 12X more repos than Waterfall

93

8

Optimism has 706X more commits than Waterfall

170,964

242

Optimism has 4,237X more stars than Waterfall

12,710

3

Optimism has 522X more watchers than Waterfall

1,043

2