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ZKsync Fastest Blockchains by Transactions Per Second (TPS)
Solana has the highest Real-Time TPS across all blockchains on Chainspect
Total TPS (1H)
3.6K tx/s
23.09%Transaction Volume (1H)
13M
Total Transactions (since TGE)
643B
| Data from Chainspect | Aug 1, 2026, 23:14 UTC | ||||||||
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1  Solana Layer 1 | 1,396 tx/s 4.73% | 7,669 tx/s | 65,000 tx/s | 5.02M txns | 422ms | 12.8s | 119B txns | Mar 16, 2020 |
2  ICP Layer 1 | 1,322 tx/s | 25,621 tx/s | 209,708 tx/s | 4.76M txns | 480ms | 0s | 297B txns | May 10, 2021 |
3  BNB Chain Layer 1 | 123 tx/s 5.80% | 3,252 tx/s | 6,349 tx/s | 443K txns | 450ms | 650ms | 14B txns | Sep 1, 2020 |
4  Stellar Layer 1 | 113.3 tx/s 9.30% | 200.8 tx/s | 2,032 tx/s | 408K txns | 5.65s | 0s | 23.9B txns | Sep 30, 2015 |
5  Aptos Layer 1 | 113.3 tx/s 1.24% | 12,933 tx/s | 160,000 tx/s | 408K txns | 37ms | 0s | 4.54B txns | Oct 12, 2022 |
6  TRON Layer 1 | 83.04 tx/s 6.94% | 396.2 tx/s | 2,516 tx/s | 299K txns | 3s | 57s | 15B txns | Jun 25, 2018 |
7  Base Layer 2 | 72.63 tx/s 4.40% | 2,515 tx/s | 3,571 tx/s | 261K txns | 2s | 13m 13s | 7.04B txns | Aug 9, 2023 |
8  BSV Blockchain Layer 1 | 61.71 tx/s 6.91% | 1,975 tx/s | 31,815 tx/s | 202K txns | 5m 27s | 1h | 7.07B txns | Nov 15, 2018 |
9  Polygon Sidechain | 56.84 tx/s 6.29% | 537.5 tx/s | 3,810 tx/s | 205K txns | 1.5s | 5s | 7.83B txns | May 30, 2020 |
| 10 | 37.38 tx/s 1.16% | 99,825 tx/s | 100,000 tx/s | 135K txns | 40ms | 1.3s | 10.4B txns | Nov 25, 2025 |
11  Sui Layer 1 | 36.82 tx/s 1.82% | 926.5 tx/s | 120,000 tx/s | 133K txns | 73ms | 0s | 4.54B txns | May 3, 2023 |
12  TON Layer 1 | 32.76 tx/s 16.92% | 1,542 tx/s | 104,715 tx/s | 118K txns | 450ms | 800ms | 3.33B txns | May 26, 2021 |
13  Optimism Layer 2 | 28.26 tx/s 16.89% | 295.7 tx/s | 714.3 tx/s | 102K txns | 2s | 16m 48s | 1.29B txns | Dec 16, 2021 |
14  Tezos Ecosystem Ecosystem | 23.83 tx/s 200.07% | 53.29 tx/s | 2,311 tx/s | 85.6K txns | 6.08s | 12s | 459M txns | Sep 17, 2018 |
15  Ethereum Layer 1 | 21.85 tx/s 4.84% | 74.91 tx/s | 238.1 tx/s | 78.4K txns | 11.96s | 12m 48s | 3.63B txns | Jul 30, 2015 |
16  Tezos Layer 1 | 18.13 tx/s 2,870.63% | 50.58 tx/s | 1,026 tx/s | 65.2K txns | 6.08s | 12s | 372M txns | Sep 17, 2018 |
17  Avalanche Layer 1 | 16.83 tx/s 49.00% | 241.3 tx/s | 1,191 tx/s | 60.6K txns | 1.04s | 2s | 1.49B txns | Sep 21, 2020 |
18  Bitcoin Layer 1 | 11.64 tx/s 26.45% | 13.48 tx/s | 7 tx/s | 38.4K txns | 6m 52s | 1h | 1.4B txns | Jan 3, 2009 |
19  Arbitrum Layer 2 | 10.87 tx/s 4.85% | 2,036 tx/s | 6,095 tx/s | 39.1K txns | 252ms | 13m 48s | 2.29B txns | Aug 31, 2021 |
20  Somnia Layer 1 | 9.51 tx/s 9.34% | 134,642 tx/s | 1,050,000 tx/s | 34.2K txns | 101ms | 0s | 1.77B txns | Sep 2, 2025 |
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