AltLayer
2 placements on ChainChoice under AltLayer, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — none currently #1. The placements are not averaged and not ranked against each other: a #1 exchange and a #6 crypto card are two different products in two different markets.
Rollup-as-a-Service
AltLayerRank#6 OverallScore51
#1 in this category: Karnot
View verdictShared Sequencers
AltLayer SQUADRank#6 OverallScore55
#1 in this category: Taiko (Taiko Alethia)
View verdictRollup-as-a-Service
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (AltLayer 1/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by Who can change your chain · 35%
- Exit failure (AltLayer 3/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by The documented way out · 20%
- Information failure (AltLayer 3/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Independently counted live chains · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Liveness failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: A price you can act on before you talk to sales (25%).
Shared Sequencers
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Verification failure (AltLayer SQUAD 4/10): an invalid state or transfer is accepted.Scored by Sequencer set and halt power · 25%
- Liveness failure (AltLayer SQUAD 2/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by What the documentation says happens the day it stops · 20%
- Execution failure (AltLayer SQUAD 2/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.Scored by Published economics and MEV policy · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Named mainnet rollups sequencing today (35%).