Compare Polkadot vs Ethereum

Polkadot TPS is 99.89% lower than Ethereum TPS

0.02 tx/s

14.81 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 6.18X higher than Ethereum max TPS

462.7 tx/s

74.91 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 4.2X higher than Ethereum max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

238.1 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 99.89% lower than Ethereum transaction volume

58 txns

53.2K txns

Polkadot block time is 49.91% shorter than Ethereum block time

5.99s

11.96s

Polkadot finality is 96.09% shorter than Ethereum finality

30s

12m 48s

Polkadot has 98.77% fewer total transactions than Ethereum

46M txns

3.76B txns

Polkadot was launched 5 years after Ethereum

May 26, 2020

Jul 30, 2015

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 181X higher than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

181

1

Polkadot has 99.95% fewer validators than Ethereum

600

1,377,000

Polkadot stake is 99.08% lower than Ethereum stake

$1.079B

$118.6B

Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Ethereum is PoS

Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Stake (PoS)

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

On-chain

Off-chain

Polkadot has 25.09% fewer developers than Ethereum

9,111

12,163

Polkadot has 1.32X more commits than Ethereum

705,513

535,438

Polkadot has 1.23X more repos than Ethereum

569

463

Polkadot has 80.87% fewer stars than Ethereum

35,648

186,418

Polkadot has 73.46% fewer watchers than Ethereum

2,172

8,184

Polkadot on-chain revenue is 99.99% lower than Ethereum on-chain revenue

$23.02

$267.2K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 89.98% lower than Ethereum average transaction fee

$0.01713

$0.1711

Polkadot market cap is 99.38% lower than Ethereum market cap

$2.013B

$328.7B

Polkadot FDV is 99.24% lower than Ethereum FDV

$2.478B

$328.7B

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 18.77% lower than Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.22%

100.00%

Polkadot price is 99.95% lower than Ethereum price

$1.18

$2,692