Compare Polkadot vs Bitcoin

Polkadot TPS is 100% lower than Bitcoin TPS

0 tx/s

20.61 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 34X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

462.7 tx/s

13.48 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 143X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

7 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 100% lower than Bitcoin transaction volume

0 txns

48.2K txns

Polkadot block time is 97.95% shorter than Bitcoin block time

6s

4m 52s

Polkadot finality is 99.17% shorter than Bitcoin finality

30s

1h

Polkadot has 96.86% fewer total transactions than Bitcoin

46.1M txns

1.47B txns

Polkadot was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

May 26, 2020

Jan 3, 2009

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 59X higher than Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

177

3

Polkadot has 3.61X more validators than Bitcoin has miners

600

166

Polkadot stake is $890M, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.18K EH/s

$890M

1.18K EH/s

Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Bitcoin is PoW

Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Work (PoW)

Polkadot on-chain governance is better than Bitcoin off-chain governance

On-chain

Off-chain

Polkadot has 4.44X more developers than Bitcoin

9,123

2,054

Polkadot has 5.51X more commits than Bitcoin

707,116

128,348

Polkadot has 25X more repos than Bitcoin

576

23

Polkadot has 67.22% fewer stars than Bitcoin

35,640

108,739

Polkadot has 61.03% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

2,165

5,555

Polkadot on-chain revenue is >99.99% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$0.105

$297K

Polkadot average transaction fee is >99.99% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.0₄252

$0.611

Polkadot market cap is 99.89% lower than Bitcoin market cap

$1.64B

$1.55T

Polkadot FDV is 99.88% lower than Bitcoin FDV

$2.02B

$1.62T

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 14.96% lower than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.42%

95.74%

Polkadot price is >99.99% lower than Bitcoin price

$0.9608

$77,334.50