Aptos

Aptos receives a B risk grade (27/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — clean security track record and strong technical foundations balanced against moderate validator centralization, concentrated token distribution, and foundation-driven governance. Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain built with Move, a resource-oriented programming language from Meta's Diem project, offering high-throughput parallel execution via its Block-STM engine. With approximately $334M in DeFi TVL, $1.8B in stablecoin supply, and over 100 active validators, it has established a growing ecosystem since its October 2022 mainnet launch. Its B grade reflects solid documentation, no major security incidents in 3+ years of operation, and a moderate validator set, balanced against significant insider token concentration and foundation-driven governance.

The key risks identified for Aptos are: (1) Early investor and core contributor token vesting concludes in October 2026, which could create significant sell pressure as locked tokens become freely tradeable after the four-year lockup period (2) The validator set of approximately 100 active nodes is smaller than established L1s like Ethereum (~900,000 validators) or Solana (~1,800 validators), creating moderate centralization risk (3) Recent tokenomics changes including reward halving and hard supply cap were driven by Aptos Foundation proposals rather than broad community governance, indicating centralized decision-making on critical economic parameters (4) The DeFi ecosystem, while growing with $334M TVL and $1.8B stablecoins, remains smaller than competing L1 ecosystems, making it more vulnerable to liquidity fragmentation

Aptos scores 27/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 3/15, Interaction Severity: 4/20, Oracle Surface: 0/10, Documentation Gaps: 2/10, Track Record: 3/15, Scale Exposure: 7/10, Regulatory Risk: 3/10, Vitality Risk: 5/10. The highest risk area is Scale Exposure at 7/10.

Among 56 rated L1 protocols on Hindenrank, Aptos ranks #12 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 27/100 risk score and B grade place it among the safer L1 protocols.

Aptos scores 3/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.