Compare Polkadot vs Bitcoin

Polkadot TPS is 100% higher than Bitcoin TPS

0.02 tx/s

0 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 98.58% lower than Bitcoin transaction volume

62 txns

4.4K txns

Polkadot block time is 100% longer than Bitcoin block time

6.04s

0s

Polkadot finality is 99.16% shorter than Bitcoin finality

30s

1h

Polkadot has 96.78% fewer total transactions than Bitcoin

46M txns

1.43B txns

Polkadot was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

May 26, 2020

Jan 3, 2009

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 43X higher than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

172

4

Polkadot has 3.82X more validators than Bitcoin has miners

600

157

Polkadot stake is $1.019B, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.12K EH/s

$1.019B

1.12K 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 4.5X more developers than Bitcoin

9,102

2,024

Polkadot has 5.58X more commits than Bitcoin

703,667

126,028

Polkadot has 25X more repos than Bitcoin

567

23

Polkadot has 67.06% fewer stars than Bitcoin

35,629

108,194

Polkadot has 60.92% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

2,177

5,572

Polkadot on-chain revenue is 99.98% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$22.5

$224.1K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 98.48% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.005424

$0.3582

Polkadot market cap is 99.87% lower than Bitcoin market cap

$1.902B

$1.543T

Polkadot FDV is 99.85% lower than Bitcoin FDV

$2.346B

$1.613T

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 15.24% lower than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.06%

95.63%

Polkadot price is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin price

$1.117

$76,810