Somnia vs Waterfall

Somnia vs Waterfall Scalability

Real-time TPS

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Somnia TPS is 3,493X higher than Waterfall TPS

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1,309 tx/s
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0.37 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Somnia max TPS is 11X higher than Waterfall max TPS

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134,642 tx/s
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12,693 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Somnia max theoretical TPS is 79X higher than Waterfall max theoretical TPS

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1,050,000 tx/s
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13,333 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Somnia transaction volume is 3,493X higher than Waterfall transaction volume

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4,712,184 txns
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1,349 txns

Block Time

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Somnia block time is 96.67% shorter than Waterfall block time

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0.1s
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3.03s

Finality

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Somnia finality is 100% shorter than Waterfall finality

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0s
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24s

Type

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Somnia and Waterfall are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 1 blockchain

Launch Date

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Somnia was launched 1 year after Waterfall

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Sep 2, 2025
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Jul 17, 2024

Somnia vs Waterfall Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Somnia Nakamoto Coefficient is 5, while Waterfall has no data

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5
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Validators

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Somnia has 99.95% fewer validators than Waterfall

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31
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64,910

Stake

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Somnia stake is 388X higher than Waterfall stake

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$148.8M
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$383.6K

Consensus Mechanism

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Somnia and Waterfall are both PoS

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Proof of Stake (PoS)

Governance

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Somnia and Waterfall governance are both council

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Council
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Council

Somnia vs Waterfall Developer Activity New

Developers

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Somnia has no data, while Waterfall has 13 developers

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13

Repos

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Somnia has no data, while Waterfall has 8 repos

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8

Commits

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Somnia has no data, while Waterfall has 242 commits

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242

Stars

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Somnia has no data, while Waterfall has 3 stars

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3

Watchers

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Somnia has no data, while Waterfall has 2 watchers

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2

Somnia vs Waterfall Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Somnia

Somnia is the fastest and most efficient EVM Layer 1 blockchain ever, capable of processing over 1M+ transactions per second with sub-second finality. It is suitable for serving millions of users and building real-time mass-consumer applications like gaming, social applications, metaverses, NFTs, and more, all fully on-chain.

About Waterfall

Waterfall is a highly scalable and decentralized BlockDAG EVM-compatible Layer 1 protocol. Low transaction fees and EVM compatibility make Waterfall the platform of choice for Dapps.

Blockchains Socials

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