Compare Polygon vs Bitcoin

Polygon TPS is 6.22X higher than Bitcoin TPS

50.34 tx/s

8.09 tx/s

Polygon max TPS is 40X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

537.5 tx/s

13.48 tx/s

Polygon max theoretical TPS is 544X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

3,810 tx/s

7 tx/s

Polygon transaction volume is 9.92X higher than Bitcoin transaction volume

181K txns

18.3K txns

Polygon block time is 99.66% shorter than Bitcoin block time

1.5s

7m 31s

Polygon finality is 99.86% shorter than Bitcoin finality

5s

1h

Polygon has 5.65X more total transactions than Bitcoin

8.18B txns

1.45B txns

Polygon was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

May 30, 2020

Jan 3, 2009

Polygon Nakamoto Coefficient is 1.33X higher than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

4

3

Polygon has 36.19% fewer validators than Bitcoin has miners

104

163

Polygon stake is $380M, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.22K EH/s

$380M

1.22K EH/s

Polygon is PoS, while Bitcoin is PoW

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Work (PoW)

Polygon and Bitcoin governance are both off-chain

Off-chain

Off-chain

Polygon has 10.69% fewer developers than Bitcoin

1,828

2,047

Polygon has 46.82% fewer commits than Bitcoin

67,598

127,115

Polygon has 7.65X more repos than Bitcoin

176

23

Polygon has 91.18% fewer stars than Bitcoin

9,558

108,393

Polygon has 77.64% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

1,246

5,574

Polygon on-chain revenue is 70.83% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$79K

$270.9K

Polygon average transaction fee is 96.05% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.01721

$0.4366

Polygon market cap is 99.93% lower than Bitcoin market cap

$1.168B

$1.703T

Polygon FDV is 99.93% lower than Bitcoin FDV

$1.168B

$1.78T

Polygon Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.05X higher than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

100.00%

95.68%

Polygon price is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin price

$0.11

$84,770