Kaspa Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

Kaspa carries a risk grade of B- (28/100) and ranks #13 of 56 rated L1 protocols. Below are 55 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 12 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Kaspa, and 43 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Algorand (A-, 15/100 — 13 points safer than Kaspa). See the Kaspa vs Algorand comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Kaspa logo

Risk

B-

Value

D

TVL

AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Algorand logoAlgorandSafer
A-
C-
$80M
2Ethereum logoEthereumSafer
A-
A-
$62.0B
3Stellar logoStellarSafer
B+
C
$25M
4Litecoin logoLitecoinSafer
B+
C+
5Bitcoin logoBitcoinSafer
B
A-
6Dash logoDashSafer
B
D+
7Dogecoin logoDogecoinSafer
B
C
8Polkadot logoPolkadotSafer
B
C
$300M
B
C-
$138,000
B
C
11Arweave logoArweaveSafer
B
C-
$15M
12Aptos logoAptosSafer
B
C+
$334M
B-
C
$300M
B-
C+
$5.1B
B-
D+
B-
D
$102M
B-
C-
B-
C
$134M
B-
D
B-
C-
21Neo logoNeo
B-
D+
$50M
B-
C-
$37M
B-
C
$1.3B
B-
D
$30M
B-
D-
B-
C
$1.0B
B-
C-
B-
C+
$165M
B-
B-
$8.0B
C+
D
$60M
C+
D-
$10M
35Sei logoSei
C+
D+
$49M
C+
C-
$300M
38TON logoTON
C+
C-
$85M
C+
C+
$5.0B
C+
D
$89M
41Sui logoSui
C+
C+
$563M
C
B-
C
F
$4M
C
D+
$288M
C
D
$125M
C
C+
$65M
C
C
$25M
C
C
C
C+
$72M
C-
D
$5M
C-
C+
$85M
D+
B-
D+
D
$7,000
D+
D+
$557M