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

BOB (Build on Bitcoin) carries a risk grade of C (48/100) and ranks #36 of 37 rated L2 protocols. Below are 36 L2 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 35 of these protocols score lower (safer) than BOB (Build on Bitcoin), and 1 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Xai (B, 24/100 — 24 points safer than BOB (Build on Bitcoin)). See the BOB (Build on Bitcoin) vs Xai comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Xai logoXaiSafer
B
D-
$81,000
2Arbitrum logoArbitrumSafer
B
C-
$2.0B
3Stacks logoStacksSafer
B
C+
$86M
B
C
$38M
5AltLayer logoAltLayerSafer
B
D+
6Celo logoCeloSafer
B-
D+
$200M
7Kinto logoKintoSafer
B-
C
$672,000
8EigenDA logoEigenDASafer
B-
C-
9Taiko logoTaikoSafer
B-
C-
$4M
10Mezo logoMezoSafer
B-
D
$48M
B-
C-
$7M
B-
D-
$30M
13Base logoBaseSafer
B-
C+
$2.8B
B-
C-
$2M
15Scroll logoScrollSafer
B-
D+
$8,000
B-
C
$100M
17Soneium logoSoneiumSafer
C+
C+
$264,000
C+
D
$570,000
19Linea logoLineaSafer
C+
D+
$387M
20Rootstock logoRootstockSafer
C+
C-
$24,000
21Mantle logoMantleSafer
C+
C
$252M
22Optimism logoOptimismSafer
C+
D+
$511M
23Zora logoZoraSafer
C+
C-
C+
D-
25Starknet logoStarknetSafer
C+
C
$234M
26Ink Chain logoInk ChainSafer
C+
C-
$473M
C+
D-
$100M
28Sophon logoSophonSafer
C+
C+
$93M
C
D-
$50M
C
C
31Zircuit logoZircuitSafer
C
D-
$6M
32ZKsync Era logoZKsync EraSafer
C
D+
$100M
33Blast logoBlastSafer
C
C-
$76M
34Movement logoMovementSafer
C
D-
$50M
C
C+
$45M
C
D-