Compare Polygon vs Bitcoin

Polygon TPS is 13X higher than Bitcoin TPS

70.28 tx/s

5.38 tx/s

Polygon max TPS is 40X higher than Bitcoin max TPS

537.5 tx/s

13.48 tx/s

Polygon max theoretical TPS is 544X higher than Bitcoin max theoretical TPS

3,810 tx/s

7 tx/s

Polygon transaction volume is 14X higher than Bitcoin transaction volume

253K txns

18.3K txns

Polygon block time is 99.77% shorter than Bitcoin block time

1.5s

11m 19s

Polygon finality is 99.86% shorter than Bitcoin finality

5s

1h

Polygon has 5.64X more total transactions than Bitcoin

8.1B txns

1.44B txns

Polygon was launched 11 years after Bitcoin

May 30, 2020

Jan 3, 2009

Polygon Nakamoto Coefficient is the same as Bitcoin Nakamoto Coefficient

4

4

Polygon has 35.18% fewer validators than Bitcoin has miners

105

162

Polygon stake is $365M, while Bitcoin hashrate is 1.14K EH/s

$365M

1.14K EH/s

Polygon is PoS, while Bitcoin is PoW

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Work (PoW)

Polygon and Bitcoin governance are both off-chain

Off-chain

Off-chain

Polygon has 10.28% fewer developers than Bitcoin

1,824

2,033

Polygon has 46.6% fewer commits than Bitcoin

67,515

126,454

Polygon has 7.65X more repos than Bitcoin

176

23

Polygon has 91.17% fewer stars than Bitcoin

9,553

108,266

Polygon has 77.62% fewer watchers than Bitcoin

1,247

5,573

Polygon on-chain revenue is 65.47% lower than Bitcoin on-chain revenue

$89.45K

$259.1K

Polygon average transaction fee is 95.97% lower than Bitcoin average transaction fee

$0.01464

$0.3634

Polygon market cap is 99.93% lower than Bitcoin market cap

$1.115B

$1.63T

Polygon FDV is 99.93% lower than Bitcoin FDV

$1.115B

$1.704T

Polygon Market Cap to FDV ratio is 1.05X higher than Bitcoin Market Cap to FDV ratio

100.00%

95.65%

Polygon price is 99.99% lower than Bitcoin price

$0.104

$81,150