OpenSea
2 placements on ChainChoice under OpenSea, 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.
NFT Marketplaces
OpenSeaRank#1 OverallScore84
Leads the published order
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OpenSea Studio (Drops)Rank#9 OverallScore53
#1 in this category: Art Blocks Engine
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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Custody failure (OpenSea 7/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Custody & approval risk · 30%
- Exit failure (OpenSea 9/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Exit liquidity honesty · 24%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Execution 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: True cost of a round trip (24%), Royalty enforcement (22%).
Creator Mint Platforms
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (OpenSea Studio (Drops) 2/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by If this company vanishes tomorrow, is the contract still mine — and can anyone else drive it? · 32%
- Liveness failure (OpenSea Studio (Drops) 6/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by When their servers go dark, does the artwork still load — and who is paying to keep it there? · 26%
- Exit failure: you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Have they already walked away from a contract line creators shipped on — and what have they promised if they shut down? · 26% (OpenSea Studio (Drops) 2/10)Scored by Do my royalties keep resolving when the platform that set them is gone? · 16% (OpenSea Studio (Drops) 5/10)
Every failure family that applies to this category is scored.