Compare Polkadot vs Bitcoin

Polkadot TPS is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin TPS

0.0008 tx/s

13.5 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 34X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

462.7 tx/s

13.48 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 143X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

7 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin transaction volume

3 txns

38.3K txns

Polkadot block time is 98.52% shorter than Bitcoin block time

6s

6m 45s

Polkadot finality is 99.17% shorter than Bitcoin finality

30s

1h

Polkadot has 96.85% fewer total transactions than Bitcoin

46.1M txns

1.46B txns

Polkadot was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

May 26, 2020

Jan 3, 2009

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 59X higher than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

178

3

Polkadot has 4X more validators than Bitcoin has miners

600

150

Polkadot stake is $936M, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.21K EH/s

$936M

1.21K EH/s

Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Bitcoin is PoW

Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Work (PoW)

Polkadot on-chain governance is better than Bitcoin off-chain governance

On-chain

Off-chain

Polkadot has 4.44X more developers than Bitcoin

9,121

2,052

Polkadot has 5.52X more commits than Bitcoin

706,836

127,949

Polkadot has 25X more repos than Bitcoin

576

23

Polkadot has 67.19% fewer stars than Bitcoin

35,645

108,649

Polkadot has 60.93% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

2,171

5,556

Polkadot on-chain revenue is 100% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$0.0735

$148K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 90.06% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.0184

$0.185

Polkadot market cap is 99.89% lower than Bitcoin market cap

$1.74B

$1.6T

Polkadot FDV is 99.87% lower than Bitcoin FDV

$2.13B

$1.67T

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 14.99% lower than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.39%

95.73%

Polkadot price is 100% lower than Bitcoin price

$1.02

$79,434.20