# Stellar vs Waterfall

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

| Metric                       | Stellar                    | Waterfall            |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 107.1 tx/s                 | 0 tx/s               |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 218.1 tx/s                 | 83.3K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 3.35K tx/s                 | 41.7K tx/s           |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 385K txns                  | 0 txns               |
| Block Time (1H)              | 4.99s                      | 15m 28s              |
| Finality Time                | Instant                    | 24s                  |
| Total Transactions           | 25.1B txns                 | 34.1M txns           |
| Launch Date                  | Sep 30, 2015               | Jul 17, 2024         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 4                          | 1                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 103                        | 4                    |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                          | —                    |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Stellar Consensus Protocol | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain                   | Council              |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $608                       | —                    |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0₄583                   | —                    |
| Price                        | $0.1448                    | —                    |
| Market Cap                   | $5.12B                     | —                    |
| FDV                          | $7.24B                     | —                    |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 70.75%                     | —                    |
| Developers                   | 771                        | 790                  |
| Commits                      | 70,888                     | 23,574               |
| Repos                        | 132                        | 14                   |
| Stars                        | 11,171                     | 3                    |

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