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Polkadot

Nominated Proof of Stake · Official site ↗

#3 Useful Work
TBB Network Quality Score71.2Confidence C · 194h ago
Market price$1.23+5.28% · 24h
DOT · LIVE NETWORK PROFILE

Polkadot

Nominated Proof of Stake · Rank #8
Official ↗
TBB NETWORK QUALITY71.2Confidence C · 194h ago
NETWORK ENCYCLOPEDIA

At-a-glance research terminal

Technical quality, participation and evidence are shown as separate dimensions so one number never hides how the network actually operates.

Limited telemetry
Send Time60.0sFinality Proxy
Finality60.0sCurrent TBB view
Reliability99.8%Current TBB view
Throughput1.00KTPSCurrent TBB view
Participation Ease52.5/100D
Evidence Coverage62.5%Moderate
Send Time60.00sFinality proxy
Finality60.0sFull settlement
Throughput1.00K TPSCapability baseline
Reliability99.80%Network reliability
Average Fee0.0100 DOTnative network fee baseline
ConsensusNominated Proof of StakeNetwork mechanism
PROTOCOL & ARCHITECTURE

How Polkadot is structured

A compact protocol map assembled from TBB's chain catalog, taxonomy, Send Time semantics and participation model.

ConsensusNominated Proof of StakeBlock / ledger agreement model
Network ClassesLayer 1 · Non Evm · Proof Of Stake · InteroperabilityTBB discovery taxonomy
Native AssetDOTNetwork-native symbol
Primary Operator RoleValidatorElected
Primary ParticipationValidatorParticipation Intelligence model
Send Time BasisFinality ProxyStructural evidence
TBB CollectorpolkadotCurrent collection adapter
Data EndpointConnectedInspect source ↗
NETWORK ACTIVITY

Measured live activity

Activity values appear only when TBB has a live measurement. Structural capacity is never relabeled as observed usage.

Block / Ledger Height33.05M blockStale · 194h ago
Observed TPSN/AUnavailable
Transactions · 24hN/AUnavailable
Participants OnlineN/AUnavailable
Block Cadence HealthN/AUnavailable
PARTICIPATION ECONOMICS

Polkadot participation economics

Entry difficulty, hardware, capital, energy and setup requirements. Participation scoring is separate from TBB Network Quality and is not a profitability or investment score.

Full participation guide →
Ease of Entry52.5 · D
Primary MethodValidator
HardwareServer
Capital BarrierVery High
SetupExpert
MineableNo
EnergyLow
Cost ModelStake/delegation + server
MethodsStake · Nominate · Validate
LIVE NETWORK INTELLIGENCE

Network Health

Operational status requires fresh live telemetry; structural baselines alone cannot produce an Operational badge.

Limited telemetry
0 fresh live signals evaluated
  • Not enough fresh live telemetry is available to issue an operational state.
DETECTED TECHNICAL SIGNALS

Recent Signals

Deterministic alerts derived from current and historical available telemetry. This is a current-signal view, not a comprehensive outage archive.

INFO

Limited live telemetry

Available telemetry is not broad enough to issue an Operational or Degraded state.

MARKET SUMMARY

Market Intelligence

Market reference data is shown for context and is excluded from the TBB technical score.

Price$1.23Fresh
Market Cap Rank#50
Market Cap$2.10B
Fully Diluted Valuation$2.10B
24h High / Low$1.25 / $1.16
1h / 24h / 7d / 30d-1.7% · +5.3% · +7.7% · +35.4%
ATH$54.982021-11-04 06:10:09
ATL$0.7270042026-08-18 02:57:10
24h Exchange Volume$226.87M
Circulating Supply1.70B DOT
NETWORK SUMMARY

Network Performance

Source-backed technical quantities and recent network activity.

Send Time60.00sfinality proxy
Full Finality60.0s
Throughput1.00K TPS
Observed activity— TPS
Transactions 24h—
Reliability99.80%
Block Cadence HealthN/A
Average Fee0.0100 DOT
Participants—
TBB QUALITY BREAKDOWN

Quality Breakdown

Eight universal technical categories. Market data is excluded.

Methodology
Efficiency84.4#13 of 20
Performance62.8#11 of 20
Reliability96.2#10 of 20
Security92.0#5 of 20
Cost47.2#14 of 20
Decentralization85.0#4 of 20
Accessibility70.0#13 of 20
Useful Work0.0#3 of 20
WHY THIS SCORE?

Why this score?

Strong reliability and security results are among the largest positive contributors to this network’s current TBB profile. Useful Work is lower relative to this network’s strongest categories and therefore contributes less to the overall result. Market price, market cap and trading volume are not used in this technical score.

HISTORY EXPLORER

TBB Network Quality History

Switch between technical and market series across 7D, 30D and 1Y windows.

616 local observations
TBB SCORE · 1Y

Polkadot TBB Score

PRICE · 1Y

Market Price

RESEARCH LIBRARY

Polkadot research

Published TBB research related to this network. Article generation never runs during profile requests; only editorially published work appears here.

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PROVENANCE · EVIDENCE 2.0

Data & Evidence

Inspect how each important number is derived, where it came from, and whether it is measured, structural, proxy-based, stale, or missing.

EVIDENCE COVERAGE

Evidence Coverage · Moderate

62.5% of eight core technical fields are currently available. Coverage describes data availability only and never changes the TBB Network Quality Score.

Available5/8Measured0Structural4Proxy1Stale0Missing3
MetricValueBasisFreshnessConfidenceSource
Send Time60.00sFinality ProxyBaseline—Source ↗
Finality60.00sStructuralBaseline—Source ↗
Throughput1.00K TPSStructuralBaseline—Source ↗
Reliability99.80%StructuralBaseline—Source ↗
Average Fee0.010 DOTStructuralBaseline—Source ↗
Market Price$1.23Market ReferenceFresh—Source ↗
OFFICIAL & MACHINE RESOURCES

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