Compare Polkadot vs Ethereum

Polkadot TPS is 100% lower than Ethereum TPS

0 tx/s

18.46 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 6.18X higher than Ethereum max TPS

462.7 tx/s

74.91 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 4.2X higher than Ethereum max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

238.1 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 100% lower than Ethereum transaction volume

0 txns

66.2K txns

Polkadot block time is 50% shorter than Ethereum block time

6s

12s

Polkadot finality is 96.09% shorter than Ethereum finality

30s

12m 48s

Polkadot has 98.79% fewer total transactions than Ethereum

46.1M txns

3.81B txns

Polkadot was launched 5 years after Ethereum

May 26, 2020

Jul 30, 2015

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 35X higher than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

177

5

Polkadot has 99.93% fewer validators than Ethereum

600

814,740

Polkadot stake is 99.1% lower than Ethereum stake

$890M

$98.9B

Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Ethereum is PoS

Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Stake (PoS)

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

On-chain

Off-chain

Polkadot has 26.05% fewer developers than Ethereum

9,123

12,336

Polkadot has 1.3X more commits than Ethereum

707,116

543,116

Polkadot has 1.24X more repos than Ethereum

576

466

Polkadot has 80.94% fewer stars than Ethereum

35,640

186,945

Polkadot has 73.4% fewer watchers than Ethereum

2,165

8,139

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

$0.105

$4.57M

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

$0.0₄252

$2.43

Polkadot market cap is 99.4% lower than Ethereum market cap

$1.64B

$274B

Polkadot FDV is 99.26% lower than Ethereum FDV

$2.02B

$274B

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 18.58% lower than Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.42%

100.00%

Polkadot price is 99.96% lower than Ethereum price

$0.9608

$2,243.11