BOB (Build on Bitcoin) Alternatives: Similar L2 Protocols Compared

BOB (Build on Bitcoin) carries a risk grade of C (46/100) and ranks #39 of 41 rated L2 protocols. Below are 40 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 38 of these protocols score lower (safer) than BOB (Build on Bitcoin), and 2 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Stacks (B, 21/100 — 25 points safer than BOB (Build on Bitcoin)). See the BOB (Build on Bitcoin) vs Stacks comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Stacks logoStacksSafer
B
C+
$86M
2Arbitrum logoArbitrumSafer
B
C-
$3.2B
3Celo logoCeloSafer
B
D+
$200M
4AltLayer logoAltLayerSafer
B
D+
5Xai logoXaiSafer
B
D-
$75,000
B-
C
$22M
B-
D-
$30M
8EigenDA logoEigenDASafer
B-
C-
9Kinto logoKintoSafer
B-
C
$672,000
B-
B+
$283M
B-
D-
$5M
B-
C
$100M
13Mezo logoMezoSafer
B-
D
$14M
14Scroll logoScrollSafer
B-
D+
$7,000
15Taiko logoTaikoSafer
B-
C-
$20,000
16Base logoBaseSafer
B-
C+
$2.8B
B-
C-
$617,000
C+
D
$470,000
19Linea logoLineaSafer
C+
D+
$267M
20Optimism logoOptimismSafer
C+
D+
$567M
21Zora logoZoraSafer
C+
C-
C+
D-
C+
D-
$50M
24Rootstock logoRootstockSafer
C+
C-
$24,000
25Mantle logoMantleSafer
C+
C
$142M
26Movement logoMovementSafer
C+
D-
$50M
C+
D-
$100M
28Soneium logoSoneiumSafer
C+
C+
$180,000
29Zircuit logoZircuitSafer
C+
D-
$4M
30ZKsync Era logoZKsync EraSafer
C+
D+
$100M
C+
C+
$45M
32Ink Chain logoInk ChainSafer
C+
C-
$473M
C+
C
34Sophon logoSophonSafer
C+
C+
$13M
35Eclipse logoEclipseSafer
C+
C-
$6M
36Starknet logoStarknetSafer
C+
C
$157M
37Blast logoBlastSafer
C
C-
$51M
38Unichain logoUnichainSafer
C
B
$3M
C-
D-