Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesOptimism
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 1provisional
Polygon
Leads5.38 s
- p99
- 14.83 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 189
VAA finalization
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Optimism vs Polygon
Optimism leads on 1 of 5 shared benchmarks, Polygon on 4. Optimism wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.5 min vs 3.0 min). Polygon wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (5.38 s vs 17.5 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (12.5 min vs 19.6 min), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (45.00 s vs 25.0 min), Bridged TVL by chain ($3.88B vs $1.60B). Data as of 2026-10-07 UTC.
Optimism
Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesOptimism
Trails19.6 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 11provisional
Polygon
Leads12.5 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 23provisional
CCIP delivery
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesOptimism
Leads1.5 min
- p99
- 36.1 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 309
Polygon
Trails3.0 min
- p99
- 19.4 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 226
LayerZero delivery
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Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesOptimism
Trails25.0 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 3provisional
Polygon
Leads45.00 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 18provisional
Axelar GMP delivery
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Bridged TVL by chain: how much of a chain's capital came from somewhere else
Blockchains| Provider | Bridged TVL | Bridged share | 7d change | 7d vs peers | Native | Canonical | External |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimism | $1.60B | 80.7% | 2.63% | 3.04% | $382.78M | $1.26B | $337.48M |
| Polygon | $3.88B | 95.3% | - | - | $191.47M | $2.45B | $1.44B |
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Bridged TVL is value secured by the chain's bridge, not value locked in its DeFi protocols; a chain can rank high on one and low on the other. The split is L2Beat's: canonical is escrowed on the host chain by the chain's own contracts, external came through a third-party bridge, native was minted here. Rows are the chains L2Beat tracks in its scaling summary; a settled L1 has no row by construction, not by omission. Size is not quality: a large balance says capital came, not that it stayed.
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimism | 16.9% | $577.00M | $14.37M | 2.55% |
| Polygon | - | $3.44B | $13.08M | 0.38% |
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Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Optimism vs Polygon: which one is better?
Optimism and Polygon are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Optimism leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Polygon leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on layerzero delivery, Optimism or Polygon?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Optimism leads at 1.5 min versus Polygon at 3.0 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on vaa finalization, Optimism or Polygon?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Polygon leads at 5.38 s versus Optimism at 17.5 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Optimism vs Polygon comparison measured?
Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.
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How this pair was selected
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.