Fastest Blockchains by Transactions Per Second (TPS)
Solana has the highest Real-Time TPS across all blockchains on Chainspect
Total TPS (1H)
4K tx/s
1.11%Transaction Volume (1H)
2.44B
Total Transactions (since TGE)
642B
| Data from Chainspect | Jul 31, 2026, 00:18 UTC | ||||||||
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| 1 Solana Layer 1 | 1,609 tx/s 3.08% | 7,669 tx/s | 65,000 tx/s | 973M txns | 421ms | 12.8s | 119B txns | Mar 16, 2020 |
| 2 ICP Layer 1 | 1,432 tx/s 0.88% | 25,621 tx/s | 209,708 tx/s | 866M txns | 480ms | 0s | 296B txns | May 10, 2021 |
| 3 BNB Chain Layer 1 | 168 tx/s 1.15% | 3,252 tx/s | 6,349 tx/s | 102M txns | 450ms | 650ms | 14B txns | Sep 1, 2020 |
| 4 TRON Layer 1 | 140.6 tx/s 0.81% | 393.6 tx/s | 2,516 tx/s | 85.1M txns | 3s | 57s | 15B txns | Jun 25, 2018 |
| 5 Aptos Layer 1 | 130.3 tx/s 2.37% | 12,933 tx/s | 160,000 tx/s | 78.8M txns | 37ms | 0s | 4.52B txns | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 6 Stellar Layer 1 | 117 tx/s 0.10% | 200.8 tx/s | 2,032 tx/s | 70.8M txns | 5.62s | 0s | 23.9B txns | Sep 30, 2015 |
| 7 Base Layer 2 | 80.24 tx/s 1.93% | 2,515 tx/s | 3,571 tx/s | 48.5M txns | 2s | 13m 13s | 7.03B txns | Aug 9, 2023 |
| 8 Polygon Sidechain | 67.2 tx/s 1.25% | 537.5 tx/s | 3,810 tx/s | 40.6M txns | 1.5s | 5s | 7.82B txns | May 30, 2020 |
| 9 | 45.27 tx/s 2.38% | 99,825 tx/s | 100,000 tx/s | 27.4M txns | 40ms | 1.3s | 10.4B txns | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 10 Sui Layer 1 | 42.53 tx/s 1.51% | 926.5 tx/s | 120,000 tx/s | 25.7M txns | 74ms | 0s | 4.54B txns | May 3, 2023 |
| 11 Avalanche Layer 1 | 32.07 tx/s 0.66% | 241.3 tx/s | 1,191 tx/s | 19.4M txns | 1.08s | 2s | 1.49B txns | Sep 21, 2020 |
| 12 TON Layer 1 | 31.42 tx/s 2.77% | 1,542 tx/s | 104,715 tx/s | 19M txns | 431ms | 800ms | 3.32B txns | May 26, 2021 |
| 13 Ethereum Layer 1 | 22.68 tx/s 5.69% | 74.91 tx/s | 238.1 tx/s | 13.7M txns | 12.04s | 12m 48s | 3.62B txns | Jul 30, 2015 |
| 14 BSV Blockchain Layer 1 | 19.58 tx/s 1.78% | 1,975 tx/s | 31,815 tx/s | 11.8M txns | 9m 57s | 1h | 7.07B txns | Nov 15, 2018 |
| 15 Arbitrum Layer 2 | 16.91 tx/s 2.31% | 2,036 tx/s | 6,095 tx/s | 10.2M txns | 250ms | 13m 48s | 2.29B txns | Aug 31, 2021 |
| 16 Optimism Layer 2 | 14.61 tx/s 1.87% | 295.7 tx/s | 714.3 tx/s | 8.84M txns | 2s | 16m 48s | 1.28B txns | Dec 16, 2021 |
| 17 Somnia Layer 1 | 10.89 tx/s 4.33% | 134,642 tx/s | 1,050,000 tx/s | 6.58M txns | 101ms | 0s | 1.77B txns | Sep 2, 2025 |
| 18 Algorand Layer 1 | 9.3 tx/s 0.73% | 5,716 tx/s | 9,384 tx/s | 5.62M txns | 2.76s | 0s | 3.48B txns | Jun 12, 2019 |
| 19 NEAR Layer 1 | 8.24 tx/s 0.27% | 4,135 tx/s | 1,000,000 tx/s | 4.98M txns | 609ms | 1.2s | 5.4B txns | Apr 22, 2020 |
| 20 Bitcoin Layer 1 | 7.8 tx/s 3.49% | 13.48 tx/s | 7 tx/s | 4.71M txns | 10m 17s | 1h | 1.4B txns | Jan 3, 2009 |
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