Compare Polkadot vs Ethereum

Polkadot TPS is 100% lower than Ethereum TPS

0.0008 tx/s

17.65 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 100% lower than Ethereum transaction volume

3 txns

63.3K txns

Polkadot block time is 50.17% shorter than Ethereum block time

6s

12.04s

Polkadot finality is 96.09% shorter than Ethereum finality

30s

12m 48s

Polkadot has 98.79% fewer total transactions than Ethereum

46.1M txns

3.8B txns

Polkadot was launched 5 years after Ethereum

May 26, 2020

Jul 30, 2015

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 36X higher than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

178

5

Polkadot has 99.93% fewer validators than Ethereum

600

819,894

Polkadot stake is 99.08% lower than Ethereum stake

$936M

$101B

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 25.98% fewer developers than Ethereum

9,121

12,322

Polkadot has 1.3X more commits than Ethereum

706,836

542,152

Polkadot has 1.24X more repos than Ethereum

576

466

Polkadot has 80.92% fewer stars than Ethereum

35,645

186,812

Polkadot has 73.35% fewer watchers than Ethereum

2,171

8,145

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

$0.0735

$167K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 83.02% lower than Ethereum average transaction fee

$0.0184

$0.108

Polkadot market cap is 99.38% lower than Ethereum market cap

$1.74B

$281B

Polkadot FDV is 99.24% lower than Ethereum FDV

$2.13B

$281B

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 18.61% lower than Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.39%

100.00%

Polkadot price is 99.96% lower than Ethereum price

$1.02

$2,296.48