Compare Polkadot vs ICP
Open in ChatGPTPolkadot vs ICP Scalability
Real-time TPS (1H)
Polkadot TPS is 100% lower than ICP TPS
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Max TPS (100 blocks)
Polkadot max TPS is 98.19% lower than ICP max TPS
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Max Theoretical TPS
Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 99.52% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS
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Transaction Volume (1H)
Polkadot transaction volume is 100% lower than ICP transaction volume
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Block Time (1H)
Polkadot block time is 13X longer than ICP block time
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Finality
Polkadot finality is 100% longer than ICP finality
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Type
Polkadot and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains
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Total Transactions (All time)
Polkadot has 99.74% fewer total transactions than ICP
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Launch Date
Polkadot was launched 1 year before ICP
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Polkadot vs ICP Decentralization
Nakamoto Coefficient
Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 13X higher than ICP Nakamoto Coefficient
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Validators
Polkadot has 16.78% fewer validators than ICP
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Stake
Polkadot stake is 1.8X higher than ICP stake
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Consensus Mechanism
Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work
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Governance
Polkadot and ICP governance are both on-chain
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Polkadot vs ICP Developer Activity
Developers
Polkadot has 12X more developers than ICP
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Commits
Polkadot has 6.11X more commits than ICP
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Repos
Polkadot has 2.88X more repos than ICP
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Stars
Polkadot has 4.25X more stars than ICP
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Watchers
Polkadot has 2.56X more watchers than ICP
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Polkadot vs ICP Financials New
Chain Revenue
Polkadot chain revenue is 99.99% lower than ICP chain revenue
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Average Transaction Fee
Polkadot average transaction fee is 4.21X higher than ICP average transaction fee
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Market Cap
Polkadot market cap is 1.55X higher than ICP market cap
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FDV
Polkadot FDV is 1.94X higher than ICP FDV
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Market Cap / FDV
Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 20.08% lower than ICP Market Cap to FDV ratio
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Price
Polkadot price is 49.14% lower than ICP price
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Polkadot vs ICP Real-time TPS Chart
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About Blockchains
About Polkadot
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)!