This dashboard looks at the block performance of the Polygon network in terms of blocktime. Blocktime is defined as the time in seconds it takes a block to be produced. Blocktime is not static but dependent of network effects. To access the performance of Polygon, we shall compare it to other layer 1s (Solana) and layer 2s (Optimism).

Polygon Blocks

Solana Blocks

Optimism Blocks

Analysis

MINIMUM BLOCKTIME

The minimum blocktime for Polygon is 2 seconds, and 0 seconds for Solana and Optimism respectively. This means that it takes Polygon at least 2 seconds to produce a block. Solana and Optimism can produce blocks in sub-seconds.

MAXIMUM BLOCKTIME

The maximum blocktime refers to the most time it takes a network to produce a block if there’s a congestion. The maximum blocktime for Polygon is 25s, 11s for Solana, and 58s for Optimism. Polygon performs better than Optimism when the network is congested.

AVERAGE BLOCKTIME

The average blocktime refers to the average time it takes to produce blocks whether in low usage mode or when congested. The average blocktime for Polygon is 2.51s, 0.70s for Solana, and 0.93s for Optimism. This means that on average, Solana and Optimism are faster at producing blocks.

BLOCKSPACE

Blockspace refers to the average number of transactions that blocks are able to accommodate. Looking at the graphs presented above, Polygon is able to take 60 transactions on average, Solana is able to do 200, and Optimism 1. The average for Optimism is one due its mechanism of blockcreation. For Optimism, all transactions are bundled into one and latter finanlized on mainnet Ethereum.