Compare Cardano vs Optimism

Cardano TPS is 98.41% lower than Optimism TPS

0.29 tx/s

18.18 tx/s

Cardano max TPS is 96.07% lower than Optimism max TPS

11.62 tx/s

295.7 tx/s

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 97.47% lower than Optimism max theoretical TPS

18.02 tx/s

714.3 tx/s

Cardano transaction volume is 98.42% lower than Optimism transaction volume

1.03K txns

65.4K txns

Cardano block time is 8.67X longer than Optimism block time

17.33s

2s

Cardano finality is 88.09% shorter than Optimism finality

2m

16m 48s

Cardano is a layer 1 blockchain, while Optimism is a layer 2 blockchain

Layer 1 blockchain

Layer 2 blockchain

Cardano has 90.4% fewer total transactions than Optimism

123M txns

1.28B txns

Cardano was launched 4 years before Optimism

Sep 27, 2017

Dec 16, 2021

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 15X higher than Optimism Nakamoto Coefficient

15

1

Cardano has 2,086X more validators than Optimism

2,086

1

Cardano stake is $3.53B, while Optimism has no data

$3.53B

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Cardano is PoS, while Optimism is Rollup (Optimistic)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Rollup (Optimistic)

Cardano and Optimism governance are both on-chain

On-chain

On-chain

Cardano has 1.09X more developers than Optimism

3,764

3,444

Cardano has 1.66X more commits than Optimism

302,751

181,997

Cardano has 2.36X more repos than Optimism

227

96

Cardano has 4.75% fewer stars than Optimism

12,570

13,198

Cardano has 2.61X more watchers than Optimism

2,255

865

Cardano chain revenue is 30.05% lower than Optimism chain revenue

$739.8

$1.058K

Cardano average transaction fee is 42X higher than Optimism average transaction fee

$0.04913

$0.001159

Cardano market cap is 28X higher than Optimism market cap

$6.029B

$218.2M

Cardano FDV is 18X higher than Optimism FDV

$7.435B

$409.9M

Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.52X higher than Optimism Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.09%

53.24%

Cardano price is 1.73X higher than Optimism price

$0.1652

$0.09545