XRP Ledger Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

XRP Ledger carries a risk grade of B- (29/100) and ranks #15 of 56 rated L1 protocols. Below are 55 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 14 of these protocols score lower (safer) than XRP Ledger, and 41 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Algorand (A-, 15/100 — 14 points safer than XRP Ledger). See the XRP Ledger vs Algorand comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

XRP Ledger logo

Risk

B-

Value

C-

TVL

$48M

AlternativeRiskValueTVL
1Algorand logoAlgorandSafer
A-
C-
$80M
2Ethereum logoEthereumSafer
B+
A-
$46.1B
3Polkadot logoPolkadotSafer
B
C
$300M
4Stellar logoStellarSafer
B
C
$16M
5Bitcoin logoBitcoinSafer
B
A-
B
C-
$138,000
7Dogecoin logoDogecoinSafer
B
C
8Dash logoDashSafer
B
D+
9Aptos logoAptosSafer
B
C+
$334M
10Arweave logoArweaveSafer
B
C-
$15M
B
C
12Cardano logoCardanoSafer
B-
C
$134M
13DoubleZero logoDoubleZeroSafer
B-
C
$300M
14Filecoin logoFilecoinSafer
B-
D
$102M
B-
D+
B-
C
$658M
B-
D
B-
C-
B-
D
B-
C+
$5.1B
B-
C-
B-
C+
B-
D-
24Neo logoNeo
B-
D+
$50M
B-
C-
B-
D
$30M
B-
C+
$1.2B
B-
B-
$165M
B-
D-
$10M
C+
D
$60M
35Sei logoSei
C+
D+
$49M
C+
C-
$300M
38TON logoTON
C+
C-
$58M
C+
B-
$6.2B
C+
C+
$5.0B
C+
B-
C+
D
$89M
C+
F
$4M
44Sui logoSui
C+
C+
$563M
C
D
$125M
C
D+
$288M
C
C+
$65M
C
C
$25M
C
C
C
C+
$72M
C-
D
$5M
C-
C+
$85M
C-
B-
C-
D
$6,000
D+
D+
$557M