Methodology

In this dashboard, first, I will compare the time between blocks of Polygon, Flow (as L1), and Arbitrum (as L2) in three modes: average time, minimum time, and maximum time.

Then, I will compare the maximum number of transactions in the block of each network, and following that, I will add and compare the average # of transactions in the block of those networks.

Max # transactions per block

As I see, Ethereum and Polygon blockchains have had the highest number of transactions in their blocks and are almost in the same category. The number of their maximum transactions fluctuated between 800 and 1200 on average.

Flow is in the next rank, which is able to set a record of 435 transactions in a block, and after that, Arbitrum is in the last rank, and its maximum number of transactions in a block was 128 transactions.

Of course, the data available in Flipside was not complete for Arbitrum and this number may have been higher in the past.

Average # transactions per block

In the average number of transactions, we no longer see the correlation between Polygon and Ethereum.

Ethereum ranks first and its average number of transactions on different days was around 180 to 200.

This average for Polygon has fluctuated between 50 and 100 on different days, which can almost be considered as half of Ethereum.

For Flow, it fluctuated between 4 and 34, which is a large difference and indicates that it was not very stable.

For Arbitrum, we have had an average of 1 transaction per block in recent days.

Time difference

As we see, the minimum time between blocks on Polygon is 2 seconds. This metric is 0 for the other two chains: Flow, and Arbitrum.

The average time is 2.24 seconds for Polygon. It’s 1.42 sec for Flow and 0.9 sec for Arbitrum.

But the maximum time in these 3 blockchains is very different. The longest time is related to the Arbitrum network, which is equal to 247 seconds. After that, Flow is in the second place with 90 seconds, and Polygon has the lowest value of all, which is equal to 25 seconds.

The greater the difference between the average and the minimum and maximum network time, in my opinion, it shows that the network is not very stable and it has problems.

Therefore, Polygon has performed better than others in this section.

Conclusion

• The minimum time between blocks on Polygon is 2 seconds. This metric is 0 for the other two chains: Flow, and Arbitrum.
• The average time is 2.24 seconds for Polygon. It’s 1.42 sec for Flow and 0.9 sec for Arbitrum.
• The maximum time in these 3 blockchains is very different. The longest time is related to the Arbitrum network, which is equal to 247 seconds. After that, Flow is in the second place with 90 seconds, and Polygon has the lowest value of all, which is equal to 25 seconds.
• Ethereum and Polygon blockchains have had the highest number of transactions in their blocks.
• In the average number of transactions, we no longer see the correlation between Polygon and Ethereum.
• Ethereum ranks first and its average number of transactions on different days was around 180 to 200.