Compare Polkadot vs Optimism

Polkadot TPS is 99.9% lower than Optimism TPS

0.02 tx/s

17.51 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 1.56X higher than Optimism max TPS

462.7 tx/s

295.7 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 1.4X higher than Optimism max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

714.3 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 99.9% lower than Optimism transaction volume

58 txns

63K txns

Polkadot block time is 3X longer than Optimism block time

5.99s

2s

Polkadot finality is 97.02% shorter than Optimism finality

30s

16m 48s

Polkadot has 96.68% fewer total transactions than Optimism

46M txns

1.39B txns

Polkadot was launched 2 years before Optimism

May 26, 2020

Dec 16, 2021

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 181X higher than Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient

181

1

Polkadot has 600X more validators than Optimism

600

1

Polkadot stake is $1.079B, while Optimism has no data

$1.079B

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Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Optimism is Rollup (Optimistic)

Nominated Proof of Stake

Rollup (Optimistic)

Polkadot and Optimism governance are both on-chain

On-chain

On-chain

Polkadot has 2.64X more developers than Optimism

9,111

3,454

Polkadot has 3.86X more commits than Optimism

705,513

182,587

Polkadot has 6.05X more repos than Optimism

569

94

Polkadot has 2.71X more stars than Optimism

35,648

13,163

Polkadot has 2.85X more watchers than Optimism

2,172

762

Polkadot on-chain revenue is 98.98% lower than Optimism on-chain revenue

$23.02

$2.266K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 13X higher than Optimism average transaction fee

$0.01713

$0.001333

Polkadot market cap is 6.49X higher than Optimism market cap

$2.013B

$310.2M

Polkadot FDV is 4.28X higher than Optimism FDV

$2.478B

$579.4M

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.52X higher than Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.22%

53.54%

Polkadot price is 8.75X higher than Optimism price

$1.18

$0.1349