# Polygon vs Stellar

Side-by-side fundamentals for Polygon and Stellar tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Polygon              | Stellar                    |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 48.2 tx/s            | 120.6 tx/s                 |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 537.5 tx/s           | 218.1 tx/s                 |
| Theoretical TPS              | 3.81K tx/s           | 3.35K tx/s                 |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 173K txns            | 433K txns                  |
| Block Time (1H)              | 1.5s                 | 4.99s                      |
| Finality Time                | 5s                   | Instant                    |
| Total Transactions           | 8.36B txns           | 25.1B txns                 |
| Launch Date                  | May 30, 2020         | Sep 30, 2015               |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 4                    | 4                          |
| Validators/Miners            | 100                  | 103                        |
| Stake/Hashrate               | $328M                | —                          |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Stellar Consensus Protocol |
| Governance                   | Off-chain            | On-chain                   |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $40.3K               | $593                       |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0102              | $0.0₄614                   |
| Price                        | $0.08448             | $0.145                     |
| Market Cap                   | $900M                | $5.13B                     |
| FDV                          | $900M                | $7.25B                     |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 100.00%              | 70.76%                     |
| Developers                   | 1,830                | 771                        |
| Commits                      | 68,659               | 70,914                     |
| Repos                        | 177                  | 132                        |
| Stars                        | 9,574                | 11,174                     |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/polygon-vs-stellar