Waterfall vs Polkadot Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Waterfall TPS is 100% higher than Polkadot TPS

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0.2 tx/s
Polkadot logo
0 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max TPS (100 blocks)

Waterfall max TPS is 70X higher than Polkadot max TPS

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32,434 tx/s
Polkadot logo
462.7 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Max Theoretical TPS

Waterfall max theoretical TPS is 42X higher than Polkadot max theoretical TPS

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41,666 tx/s
Polkadot logo
1,000 tx/s

Data from Chainspect

Transaction Volume (1H)

Waterfall transaction volume is 100% higher than Polkadot transaction volume

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721 txns
Polkadot logo
0 txns

Data from Chainspect

Block Time (1H)

Waterfall block time is 1.01X longer than Polkadot block time

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6.08s
Polkadot logo
6s

Data from Chainspect

Finality

Waterfall finality is 19.99% shorter than Polkadot finality

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24s
Polkadot logo
30s

Data from Chainspect

Type

Waterfall and Polkadot are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
Polkadot logo
Layer 1 blockchain

Data from Chainspect

Total Transactions (All time)

Waterfall has 96.2% fewer total transactions than Polkadot

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26.4M txns
Polkadot logo
696M txns

Data from Chainspect

Launch Date

Waterfall was launched 4 years after Polkadot

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Jul 17, 2024
Polkadot logo
May 26, 2020

Data from Chainspect

Waterfall vs Polkadot Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Waterfall has no data, while Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 178

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Polkadot logo
178

Data from Chainspect

Validators

Waterfall has 217X more validators than Polkadot

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130,300
Polkadot logo
600

Data from Chainspect

Stake

Waterfall stake is 99.95% lower than Polkadot stake

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$568.4K
Polkadot logo
$1.335B

Data from Chainspect

Consensus Mechanism

Waterfall is PoS, while Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Nominated Proof of Stake

Data from Chainspect

Governance

Waterfall council governance is worse than Polkadot on-chain governance

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Council
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On-chain

Data from Chainspect

Waterfall vs Polkadot Developer Activity

Developers

Waterfall has 99.85% fewer developers than Polkadot

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13
Polkadot logo
8,992

Data from Chainspect

Commits

Waterfall has 99.96% fewer commits than Polkadot

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242
Polkadot logo
686,635

Data from Chainspect

Repos

Waterfall has 98.38% fewer repos than Polkadot

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8
Polkadot logo
494

Data from Chainspect

Stars

Waterfall has 99.99% fewer stars than Polkadot

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3
Polkadot logo
35,006

Data from Chainspect

Watchers

Waterfall has 99.96% fewer watchers than Polkadot

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2
Polkadot logo
5,069

Data from Chainspect

Waterfall vs Polkadot Financials New

Chain Revenue

Waterfall chain revenue is $0.001642, while Polkadot has no data

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$0.001642
Polkadot logo

Data from Chainspect

Average Transaction Fee

Waterfall average transaction fee is $0.00000009824, while Polkadot has no data

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$0.00000009824
Polkadot logo

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap

Waterfall has no data, while Polkadot market cap is $2.544B

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Polkadot logo
$2.544B

Data from Chainspect

FDV

Waterfall FDV is 99.88% lower than Polkadot FDV

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$3.549M
Polkadot logo
$3.192B

Data from Chainspect

Market Cap / FDV

Waterfall has no data, while Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 79.68%

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Polkadot logo
79.68%

Data from Chainspect

Price

Waterfall price is 99.99% lower than Polkadot price

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$0.0001373
Polkadot logo
$1.52

Data from Chainspect

Waterfall vs Polkadot Real-time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

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.

About Polkadot

Polkadot stands out among other blockchain projects for its focus on enhancing the foundational infrastructure of dApps. It aims to enable interoperability between blockchain ecosystems, facilitating seamless communication without intermediaries. Functioning as a "network of networks," Polkadot utilizes parachains — specialized blockchains with unique functionalities and tokens — to enable interaction between diverse blockchain architectures. Powered by the nominated proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and drawing inspiration from the Ouroboros protocol, Polkadot offers a robust framework for building interconnected and scalable decentralized systems.

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