Cardano Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

Cardano carries a risk grade of B (26/100) and ranks #15 of 58 rated L1 protocols. Below are 57 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 14 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Cardano, and 43 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Ethereum (A-, 13/100 — 13 points safer than Cardano). See the Cardano vs Ethereum comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Cardano

Risk

Value

TVL

$134M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

EthereumSafer

A-

$37.7B

AlgorandSafer

B+

C-

$33M

PolkadotSafer

B+

$300M

DashSafer

B+

D+

—

DogecoinSafer

B+

—

StellarSafer

B+

$13M

BitcoinSafer

A-

—

Cosmos HubSafer

C-

$147,540

AptosSafer

C+

$334M

ArweaveSafer

C-

$15M

Bitcoin CashSafer

—

FilecoinSafer

$102M

DoubleZeroSafer

$300M

XRP LedgerSafer

C-

$48M

Horizen

C-

—

Neo

D+

$50M

Tron

C+

$5.1B

Conflux

B-

$30M

Kaspa

B-

—

Zcash

B-

C-

—

Avalanche

B-

$658M

Celestia

B-

D+

—

Dymension

B-

—

Polygon PoS

B-

C+

$1.2B

Mina Protocol

B-

D-

—

NEAR Protocol

B-

$165M

Particle Network

B-

$50M

Sei

B-

D+

$49M

Ethereum Classic

B-

—

Internet Computer

B-

C-

$69M

IOTA

B-

D-

$10M

Litecoin

B-

C+

—

Bitcoin SV

B-

C-

—

Hedera

B-

$49M

Story Protocol

B-

C-

$8M

Solana

B-

$6.2B

TON

B-

C-

$79M

Fantom

C+

$4M

BNB Chain

C+

$5.2B

Ronin Network

C+

$4M

Sonic Labs

C+

C-

$300M

Berachain

C+

$125M

Monero

C+

B-

—

Worldcoin

C+

$41M

Monad

C+

D+

$288M

Sui

C+

$429M

Quai Network

$25M

Tempo

—

Chiliz Chain

C+

$72M

Canto

$5M

Flare Network

C+

$85M

Plasma

C-

$580M

Bittensor

C-

B-

—

Initia

C-

$3M

Syscoin

C-

D+

—

Mantra Chain

C-

$5,000

Aster

D+

$557M

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