Polkadot Ecosystem vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Polkadot Ecosystem TPS is 100% lower than ICP TPS

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
0 tx/s
ICP logo
1,311 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Polkadot Ecosystem max TPS is 98.19% lower than ICP max TPS

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
462.7 tx/s
ICP logo
25,621 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Polkadot Ecosystem max theoretical TPS is 52.31% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
100,000 tx/s
ICP logo
209,708 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Polkadot Ecosystem transaction volume is 100% lower than ICP transaction volume

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
0 txns
ICP logo
4.72M txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Polkadot Ecosystem block time is 13X longer than ICP block time

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
6.02s
ICP logo
0.48s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

Polkadot Ecosystem finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
30s
ICP logo
0s

Data from Chainspect

Type

Polkadot Ecosystem is a blockchain ecosystem, while ICP is a layer 1 blockchain

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
Blockchain ecosystem
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

Polkadot Ecosystem has 99.74% fewer total transactions than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
696M txns
ICP logo
275B txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

Polkadot Ecosystem was launched 1 year before ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
May 26, 2020
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

Data from Chainspect

Polkadot Ecosystem vs ICP Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Polkadot Ecosystem Nakamoto Coefficient is 13X higher than ICP Nakamoto Coefficient

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
178
ICP logo
14

Data from Chainspect

Validators

Polkadot Ecosystem has 16.78% fewer validators than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
600
ICP logo
721

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Polkadot Ecosystem stake is 2.12X higher than ICP stake

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
$1.264B
ICP logo
$596.7M

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

Polkadot Ecosystem is Nominated Proof of Stake, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
Nominated Proof of Stake
ICP logo
Proof of Useful Work

Data from Chainspect

Governance

Polkadot Ecosystem and ICP governance are both on-chain

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
On-chain
ICP logo
On-chain

Data from Chainspect

Polkadot Ecosystem vs ICP Developer Activity

Developers

Polkadot Ecosystem has 12X more developers than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
8,983
ICP logo
764

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Polkadot Ecosystem has 6.13X more commits than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
684,936
ICP logo
111,724

Data from Chainspect

Repos

Polkadot Ecosystem has 2.9X more repos than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
493
ICP logo
170

Data from Chainspect

Stars

Polkadot Ecosystem has 4.22X more stars than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
34,964
ICP logo
8,285

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Polkadot Ecosystem has 2.54X more watchers than ICP

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
5,067
ICP logo
1,997

Data from Chainspect

Polkadot Ecosystem vs ICP Financials New

Chain Revenue

Polkadot Ecosystem has no data, while ICP chain revenue is $12.08K

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
ICP logo
$12.08K

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Polkadot Ecosystem has no data, while ICP average transaction fee is $0.0001136

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
ICP logo
$0.0001136

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Polkadot Ecosystem market cap is 1.84X higher than ICP market cap

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
$2.514B
ICP logo
$1.367B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Polkadot Ecosystem FDV is 2.31X higher than ICP FDV

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
$3.156B
ICP logo
$1.367B

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Polkadot Ecosystem Market Cap to FDV ratio is 20.33% lower than ICP Market Cap to FDV ratio

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
79.66%
ICP logo
100.00%

Data from Chainspect

Price

Polkadot Ecosystem price is 39.62% lower than ICP price

Polkadot Ecosystem logo
$1.503
ICP logo
$2.489

Data from Chainspect

Polkadot Ecosystem vs ICP Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Polkadot Ecosystem

Polkadot stands out among other blockchain projects for its focus on enhancing the foundational infrastructure of dApps. It aims to enable interoperability between blockchain ecosystems, facilitating seamless communication without intermediaries. Functioning as a "network of networks," Polkadot utilizes parachains — specialized blockchains with unique functionalities and tokens — to enable interaction between diverse blockchain architectures. Powered by the nominated proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and drawing inspiration from the Ouroboros protocol, Polkadot offers a robust framework for building interconnected and scalable decentralized systems.

About ICP

The Internet Computer is a decentralized cloud blockchain that pursues the $1+ trillion cloud market — hosting apps, websites and enterprise systems, fully onchain, where they benefit from extraordinary security and resilience, can do multi-chain token processing, and can be administered in a decentralized way for safety.

A core purpose is “self-writing cloud”, where AI creates apps for mass market users, which are sophisticated and secure, in response to instructions they provide over chat.

The ICP token is burned powering onchain apps, and is a cryptocurrency used in network governance staking.

It’s easy to try — use AI to create onchain apps (e.g. caffeine.ai) or use an online IDE to write serverless code yourself (e.g. icp.ninja)!

Blockchains Socials

Polkadot Ecosystem Socials

ICP Socials