Compare Polygon vs Cardano

Polygon TPS is 190X higher than Cardano TPS

47.82 tx/s

0.25 tx/s

Polygon max TPS is 46X higher than Cardano max TPS

537.5 tx/s

11.77 tx/s

Polygon max theoretical TPS is 211X higher than Cardano max theoretical TPS

3,810 tx/s

18.02 tx/s

Polygon transaction volume is 191X higher than Cardano transaction volume

172K txns

902 txns

Polygon block time is 92.22% shorter than Cardano block time

1.5s

19.28s

Polygon finality is 95.83% shorter than Cardano finality

5s

2m

Polygon has 65X more total transactions than Cardano

8.28B txns

127M txns

Polygon was launched 3 years after Cardano

May 30, 2020

Sep 27, 2017

Polygon Nakamoto Coefficient is 73.33% lower than Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient

4

15

Polygon has 94.98% fewer validators than Cardano

104

2,070

Polygon stake is 92.56% lower than Cardano stake

$334M

$4.48B

Polygon and Cardano are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Polygon off-chain governance is worse than Cardano on-chain governance

Off-chain

On-chain

Polygon has 52.68% fewer developers than Cardano

1,830

3,867

Polygon has 78.22% fewer commits than Cardano

68,230

313,208

Polygon has 22.03% fewer repos than Cardano

177

227

Polygon has 23.7% fewer stars than Cardano

9,568

12,540

Polygon has 43.45% fewer watchers than Cardano

1,247

2,205

Polygon on-chain revenue is 41X higher than Cardano on-chain revenue

$74.5K

$1.81K

Polygon average transaction fee is 77.13% lower than Cardano average transaction fee

$0.0152

$0.0666

Polygon market cap is 87.57% lower than Cardano market cap

$953M

$7.66B

Polygon FDV is 89.83% lower than Cardano FDV

$953M

$9.37B

Polygon Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.22X higher than Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio

100.00%

81.81%

Polygon price is 56.98% lower than Cardano price

$0.08955

$0.2081