Cardano Benchmark
Cardano is measured across 4 live OpenChainBench benchmarks: Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains (ranks #3 of 7, $0.2210 p50), Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains (ranks #4 of 7, 4.95% p50), Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation (ranks #5 of 10, 0.12% p50), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains (ranks #12 of 14, $0.0314 p50).
4 benchmarks
Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).
Last measured
Live benchmark results
- #3of 7
Blockchains
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains
Token deployment cost USD
$0.2210
p50 · 24h
- #4of 7
Blockchains
Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains
Net yield
4.95%
p50 · 24h
- #5of 10
Trading
Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation
Max cross-oracle deviation
0.12%
p50 · 24h
- #12of 14
Blockchains
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
Native transfer fee USD
$0.0314
p50 · 24h
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