IOTA Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

IOTA carries a risk grade of C+ (37/100) and ranks #34 of 56 rated L1 protocols. Below are 55 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 33 of these protocols score lower (safer) than IOTA, and 22 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Algorand (A-, 15/100 — 22 points safer than IOTA). See the IOTA vs Algorand comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

L1

Risk

C+

Value

D-

TVL

$10M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

A-

C-

$80M

2

A-

A-

$62.0B

3

B+

C

$25M

4

B+

C+

—

5

B

A-

—

6

DashSafer

B

D+

—

7

B

C

—

8

B

C

$300M

9

Cosmos HubSafer

B

C-

$138,000

10

Bitcoin CashSafer

B

C

—

11

B

C-

$15M

12

AptosSafer

B

C+

$334M

13

DoubleZeroSafer

B-

C

$300M

14

KaspaSafer

B-

D

—

15

TronSafer

B-

C+

$5.1B

16

B-

D+

—

17

B-

D

$102M

18

ZcashSafer

B-

C-

—

19

B-

C

$134M

20

B-

D

—

21

B-

C-

—

22

NeoSafer

B-

D+

$50M

23

XRP LedgerSafer

B-

C-

$37M

24

B-

C

$1.3B

25

B-

D

$30M

26

Particle NetworkSafer

B-

C

$50M

27

Mina ProtocolSafer

B-

D-

—

28

Polygon PoSSafer

B-

C

$1.0B

29

Bitcoin SVSafer

B-

C-

—

30

NEAR ProtocolSafer

B-

C+

$165M

31

Ethereum ClassicSafer

B-

C

—

32

B-

B-

$8.0B

33

C+

D

$60M

34

Internet Computer

C+

C-

$69M

35

C+

D+

$49M

36

C+

C-

$300M

37

C+

C-

$8M

38

C+

C-

$85M

39

C+

C+

$5.0B

40

C+

D

$89M

41

C+

C+

$563M

42

C

B-

—

43

C

F

$4M

44

C

D+

$288M

45

C

D

$125M

46

C

C

$5M

47

C

C+

$65M

48

C

C

$25M

49

C

C

—

50

C

C+

$72M

51

C-

D

$5M

52

C-

C+

$85M

53

D+

B-

—

54

D+

D

$7,000

55

D+

D+

$557M

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