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Privy

2 placements on ChainChoice under Privy, 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.

Relayers
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Liveness failure (Privy server wallets 7/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Exactly-once execution and stuck-queue recovery · 26%
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by What the relayer is authorised to do, and whether you can keep the address · 32% (Privy server wallets 9/10)
    Scored by What a stolen API credential can do before anyone notices · 22% (Privy server wallets 9/10)
    Scored by Where the gas float sits and how you get it back · 20% (Privy server wallets 7/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
MPC & Embedded Wallets
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Custody failure (Privy 6/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Key-Share Custody Disclosure · 15%
  • Exit failure (Privy 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by Vendor-Exit Survivability · 40%
  • Key failure (Privy 8/10): your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.
    Scored by Cryptographic Audit & SOC 2 Posture · 25%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control 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: Published Pricing Actionability (20%).