Compare Optimism vs Waterfall

Optimism TPS is 88X higher than Waterfall TPS

27.34 tx/s

0.31 tx/s

Optimism max TPS is 99.2% lower than Waterfall max TPS

256.6 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 88X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

98.4K txns

1.12K txns

Optimism block time is 43.05% shorter than Waterfall block time

2s

3.51s

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 has 40X more total transactions than Waterfall

1.01B txns

25.7M txns

Optimism was launched 3 years before Waterfall

Dec 16, 2021

Jul 17, 2024

Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient is 1, while Waterfall has no data

1

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Optimism has 99.99% fewer validators than Waterfall

1

127,700

Optimism has no data, while Waterfall stake is $1.228M

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$1.228M

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 256X more developers than Waterfall

3,333

13

Optimism has 736X more commits than Waterfall

178,048

242

Optimism has 12X more repos than Waterfall

95

8

Optimism has 4,353X more stars than Waterfall

13,060

3

Optimism has 521X more watchers than Waterfall

1,042

2

Optimism chain revenue is 122,819X higher than Waterfall chain revenue

$2.097K

$0.01708

Optimism average transaction fee is 1,463X higher than Waterfall average transaction fee

$0.0008493

$0.0000005807

Optimism market cap is $291.3M, while Waterfall has no data

$291.3M

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Optimism FDV is 76X higher than Waterfall FDV

$590.8M

$7.767M

Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio is 49.31%, while Waterfall has no data

49.31%

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Optimism price is 458X higher than Waterfall price

$0.1376

$0.0003004