Dash Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

Dash carries a risk grade of B+ (19/100) and ranks #4 of 58 rated L1 protocols. Below are 57 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 3 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Dash, and 54 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Ethereum (A-, 13/100 — 6 points safer than Dash). See the Dash vs Ethereum comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Dash

Risk

B+

Value

D+

TVL

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

EthereumSafer

A-

$37.7B

AlgorandSafer

B+

C-

$33M

PolkadotSafer

B+

$300M

Dogecoin

B+

—

Stellar

B+

$13M

Bitcoin

A-

—

Cosmos Hub

C-

$147,540

Aptos

C+

$334M

Arweave

C-

$15M

—

$102M

$300M

C-

$48M

Cardano

$134M

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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