TEZOS SYSTEMS

Tezos vs Ethereum

Live blockchain comparison · Updated every block

vs Ethereum vs Solana vs Cardano vs Algorand
4Tezos
vs
1Ethereum
Metric
Tezos Tezos
Ethereum
⏱️ Block Time
~6s
~12s
✅ Finality
~12s2 blocks
~13 min2 epochs
🥩 Staking %
~27.8%
~30%
🖨️ Annual Issuance
LiveProtocol issuance plus active LB when enabled
~0.5%
🏛️ Nakamoto Coeff.
6entities for 33% of stake (248 total)
6entities for 50% of stake (802 total)
🔄 On-Chain Upgrades
22
0Hard forks only
🍴 Hard Forks
0
17+
⚡ Energy / Tx
<0.001 kWh
~0.003 kWhPost-Merge
💰 Avg Tx Fee
~$0.01
~$0.01–$0.10
⚔️ Slashing
AdaptiveScales with offense severity
YesUp to full stake

Tezos and Ethereum are both proof-of-stake blockchains, but they make different tradeoffs around governance, decentralization, finality, and operational predictability.

On this baked baseline, Tezos leads in 4 of 10 tracked categories while Ethereum leads in 1. The live script upgrades these values in-browser with current Tezos network data from TzKT and Octez RPC.

Tezos has completed 22 named on-chain protocol upgrades without a hard fork or network split. Its deterministic finality target is two blocks, so the dashboard treats finality and governance state as live operating signals, not only marketing claims.

Ethereum dominates in liquidity and developer mindshare, but its upgrade process still lands as coordinated hard forks and its stake is concentrated across large liquid-staking and exchange operators.