Avalanche vs Arbitrum

Avalanche vs Arbitrum Scalability

Real-time TPS

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Avalanche TPS is 25.56% lower than Arbitrum TPS

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18.55 tx/s
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24.93 tx/s

Max TPS (100 blocks)

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Avalanche max TPS is 90.96% lower than Arbitrum max TPS

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122.7 tx/s
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1,358 tx/s

Max Theoretical TPS

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Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 97.02% lower than Arbitrum max theoretical TPS

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1,191 tx/s
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40,000 tx/s

Transaction Volume

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Avalanche transaction volume is 25.56% lower than Arbitrum transaction volume

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66,794 txns
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89,734 txns

Block Time

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Avalanche block time is 6.67X longer than Arbitrum block time

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1.67s
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0.25s

Finality

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Avalanche finality is 99.75% shorter than Arbitrum finality

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2s
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13m 48s

Type

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Avalanche is a layer 1 blockchain, while Arbitrum is a layer 2 blockchain

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Layer 1 blockchain
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Layer 2 blockchain

Launch Date

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Avalanche was launched 11 months before Arbitrum

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Sep 21, 2020
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Aug 31, 2021

Avalanche vs Arbitrum Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

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Avalanche Nakamoto Coefficient is 28X higher than Arbitrum Nakamoto Coefficient

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28
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1

Validators

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Avalanche has 906X more validators than Arbitrum

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906
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1

Stake

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Avalanche stake is $6.061B, while Arbitrum has no data

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$6.061B
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Consensus Mechanism

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Avalanche is PoS, while Arbitrum is Rollup (Optimistic)

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
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Rollup (Optimistic)

Governance

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Avalanche and Arbitrum governance are both on-chain

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On-chain
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On-chain

Avalanche vs Arbitrum Developer Activity New

Developers

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Avalanche has 67.49% fewer developers than Arbitrum

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748
Arbitrum logo
2,301

Repos

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Avalanche has 13.49% fewer repos than Arbitrum

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109
Arbitrum logo
126

Commits

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Avalanche has 67.28% fewer commits than Arbitrum

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60,405
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184,644

Stars

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Avalanche has 35.97% fewer stars than Arbitrum

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6,587
Arbitrum logo
10,288

Watchers

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Avalanche has 24.97% fewer watchers than Arbitrum

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1,286
Arbitrum logo
1,714

Avalanche vs Arbitrum Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About Avalanche

Avalanche emerges as a rapid, scalable blockchain platform facilitating the seamless creation and deployment of dApps. Distinguished by its unique consensus mechanism, it's particularly good for DeFi applications, allowing high throughput and nearly instant finality. Its architecture allows for a network of interconnected blockchains, each safeguarded by dynamic subsets of validators, ensuring scalability while maintaining speed, reliability, and security.

About Arbitrum

Arbitrum serves as a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, leveraging rollups to significantly boost scalability and reduce transaction costs while maintaining robust security. It enables developers to execute EVM-compatible smart contracts with a substantially higher transaction throughput and lower fees compared to Ethereum's main chain, making it a compelling platform for decentralized application development.

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