# Waterfall vs Solana

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

| Metric                       | Waterfall            | Solana               |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 0 tx/s               | 2.26K tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 83.3K tx/s           | 11K tx/s             |
| Theoretical TPS              | 41.7K tx/s           | 65K tx/s             |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 0 txns               | 8.14M txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 0s                   | 214ms                |
| Finality Time                | 24s                  | 400ms                |
| Total Transactions           | 34.1M txns           | 135B txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Jul 17, 2024         | Mar 16, 2020         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                    | 17                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 4                    | 660                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                    | $41B                 |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Proof of Stake (PoS) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | Council              | Off-chain            |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | —                    | $584K                |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | —                    | $0.00327             |
| Price                        | —                    | $96.38               |
| Market Cap                   | —                    | $56.9B               |
| FDV                          | —                    | $61.4B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | —                    | 92.66%               |
| Developers                   | 790                  | 10,956               |
| Commits                      | 23,574               | 97,108               |
| Repos                        | 14                   | 160                  |
| Stars                        | 3                    | 42,166               |

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