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OpenNode

2 placements on ChainChoice, 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.

Lightning Payment Infrastructure
OpenNode
Rank#9 OverallScore63

#1 in this category: Olympus by ZEUS

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Payment Gateways
OpenNode
Rank#9 OverallScore66

#1 in this category: NOWPayments

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Lightning Payment Infrastructure
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Liveness failure (OpenNode 6/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Published availability and in-flight behaviour · 28%
  • Custody failure (OpenNode 6/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Custody of funds in flight · 26%
  • Exit failure (OpenNode 6/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by Exit: keys, channels and migration off the host · 22%
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Liquidity supply and published cost per payment (24%).
Payment Gateways
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Operating model · 18%
  • Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by Settlement posture · 24%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Exit failure, Information 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: Region fit (22%), Integration path (20%), Coverage breadth (16%).