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Relay

3 placements on ChainChoice under Relay, 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.

Bridges
Relay
Rank#1 OverallScore86

Leads the published order

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Cross-Chain Swaps
Relay
Rank#2 OverallScore80

#1 in this category: Across

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Intent Networks
Relay Protocol
Rank#6 OverallScore47

#1 in this category: CoW Protocol

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Bridges
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Verification failure (Relay 5/10): an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by Trust posture · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit 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: Route coverage (28%), Route clarity (24%), Execution speed (22%).
Cross-Chain Swaps
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Verification failure (Relay 6/10): an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by Trust model and exploit record · 30%
  • Execution failure (Relay 8/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by Published price versus observed price · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Exit 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: Measured all-in cost (35%), Chains actually served (15%).
Intent Networks
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by Bid set visibility · 34% (Relay Protocol 0/10)
    Scored by Solver admission · 20% (Relay Protocol 2/10)
    Scored by Fallback when nobody fills · 24% (Relay Protocol 3/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Exit 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: Network fee disclosure (22%).