KernelDAO Alternatives: Similar Restaking Protocols Compared

KernelDAO carries a risk grade of D+ (63/100) and ranks #26 of 27 rated Restaking protocols. Below are 26 Restaking protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 25 of these protocols score lower (safer) than KernelDAO, and 1 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Mellow Protocol (B-, 29/100 — 34 points safer than KernelDAO). See the KernelDAO vs Mellow Protocol comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

Restaking

Risk

D+

Value

C-

TVL

$1M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

Mellow ProtocolSafer

B-

C-

$3,000

2

b14gSafer

B-

D

$205M

3

SwellSafer

B-

C-

$61M

4

B-

C

$21M

5

Mantle RestakingSafer

B-

C-

$33M

6

EigenLayerSafer

B-

C-

$5.1B

7

Jito RestakingSafer

B-

C

$13M

8

B-

D

$9M

9

OpenGDP Shared SecuritySafer

C+

D-

$7M

10

FragmetricSafer

C+

D-

$4M

11

SolvBTC LSTsSafer

C+

D

$62M

12

C+

D

$333M

13

Pell NetworkSafer

C+

C

$209,000

14

EigenCloudSafer

C+

C+

$5.1B

15

KarakSafer

C+

D

$40M

16

Bedrock uniETHSafer

C+

D

$20M

17

Lombard LBTCSafer

C

D+

$585M

18

Swell Liquid RestakingSafer

C

C-

$24M

19

C

D+

$170,000

20

Puffer FinanceSafer

C

D

$46M

21

Babylon ProtocolSafer

C-

B-

$2.6B

22

C-

B-

$3.3B

23

C-

C

$2.6B

24

Solv ProtocolSafer

D+

D+

$412M

25

Lombard FinanceSafer

D+

D+

$1.5B

26

D

D+

$905M

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