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EigenLayer

2 placements on ChainChoice under EigenLayer, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — #1 in one of them. 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.

Restaking
EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking
Rank#1 OverallScore80

Leads the published order

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Data Availability Layers
EigenDA
Rank#5 OverallScore46

#1 in this category: Ethereum Blobs (EIP-4844 / PeerDAS)

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Restaking
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Contract failure: the code holding the funds is exploited.
    Scored by What has actually gone wrong here, what did it cost, and did the vendor own it? · 26% (EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking 7/10)
    Scored by Does the wrapper tell me what it runs on, and is what it tells me still true today? · 14% (EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking 5/10)
  • Control failure (EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking 8/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
    Scored by What exactly can be taken from me, and who gets to decide? · 34%
  • Exit failure (EigenLayer (EigenCloud) native restaking 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by How long until I actually have my ETH back on the worst day, not the good one? · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Data Availability Layers
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by What actually secures the data · 30% (EigenDA 3/10)
    Scored by Sampling live + how long data stays retrievable · 25% (EigenDA 2/10)
  • Liveness failure (EigenDA 2/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Blast radius if it halts + documented uptime · 15%
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: Verifiable published cost per MB (30%).