Worldcoin Alternatives: Similar L1 Protocols Compared

Worldcoin carries a risk grade of C+ (41/100) and ranks #43 of 56 rated L1 protocols. Below are 55 L1 protocols ranked by safety — from safest to riskiest. 42 of these protocols score lower (safer) than Worldcoin, and 13 score higher (riskier).

The single safest alternative is Algorand (A-, 15/100 — 26 points safer than Worldcoin). See the Worldcoin vs Algorand comparison to weigh the tradeoffs.

Current Protocol

L1

Risk

C+

Value

D

TVL

$89M

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AlternativeRiskValueTVL

1

A-

C-

$80M

2

B+

A-

$46.1B

3

B

C

$300M

4

B

C

$16M

5

B

A-

—

6

Cosmos HubSafer

B

C-

$138,000

7

B

C

—

8

DashSafer

B

D+

—

9

AptosSafer

B

C+

$334M

10

B

C-

$15M

11

Bitcoin CashSafer

B

C

—

12

B-

C

$134M

13

DoubleZeroSafer

B-

C

$300M

14

B-

D

$102M

15

B-

D+

—

16

XRP LedgerSafer

B-

C-

$48M

17

B-

C

$658M

18

B-

D

—

19

B-

C-

—

20

KaspaSafer

B-

D

—

21

TronSafer

B-

C+

$5.1B

22

ZcashSafer

B-

C-

—

23

B-

C+

—

24

Mina ProtocolSafer

B-

D-

—

25

NeoSafer

B-

D+

$50M

26

Bitcoin SVSafer

B-

C-

—

27

B-

D

$30M

28

Particle NetworkSafer

B-

C

$50M

29

Polygon PoSSafer

B-

C+

$1.2B

30

NEAR ProtocolSafer

B-

B-

$165M

31

Ronin NetworkSafer

B-

B

$4M

32

Ethereum ClassicSafer

B-

C

—

33

Internet ComputerSafer

B-

C-

$69M

34

IOTASafer

B-

D-

$10M

35

C+

D

$60M

36

SeiSafer

C+

D+

$49M

37

Sonic LabsSafer

C+

C-

$300M

38

Story ProtocolSafer

C+

C-

$8M

39

TONSafer

C+

C-

$58M

40

C+

B-

$6.2B

41

C+

C+

$5.0B

42

C+

B-

—

43

C+

F

$4M

44

C+

C+

$563M

45

C

D

$125M

46

C

D+

$288M

47

C

C+

$65M

48

C

C

$25M

49

C

C

—

50

C

C+

$72M

51

C-

D

$5M

52

C-

C+

$85M

53

C-

B-

—

54

C-

D

$6,000

55

D+

D+

$557M

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