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Solana

3 placements on ChainChoice under Solana, 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.

Crypto Subscriptions
Solana Subscriptions Delegation Program
Rank#1 OverallScore80

Leads the published order

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Layer-1 Blockchains
Solana
Rank#5 OverallScore71

#1 in this category: Ethereum

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Onchain Attestations
Solana Attestation Service (SAS)
Rank#6 OverallScore65

#1 in this category: Sign Protocol

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Crypto Subscriptions
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Custody failure (Solana Subscriptions Delegation Program 8/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by What exactly did my customer sign away, and what stops it from quietly becoming more than that? · 22%
  • Execution failure (Solana Subscriptions Delegation Program 2/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by The second charge fails. What does the provider actually do next, and when do I hear about it? · 26%
  • Exit failure (Solana Subscriptions Delegation Program 10/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by If this provider is gone next quarter, do I still get paid — and whose licence is the money moving under today? · 24%
  • Information failure (Solana Subscriptions Delegation Program 9/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
    Scored by My customer kills the allowance at midnight. Am I told, or do I find out at the next billing run? · 28%
Not assessed by this ranking: Liveness failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Layer-1 Blockchains
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
    Scored by Measured deterministic finality · 25% (Solana 6/10)
    Scored by Validator Count and Nakamoto Coefficient · 25% (Solana 5/10)
    Scored by Independent Client Implementations · 20% (Solana 4/10)
  • Liveness failure (Solana 3/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
    Scored by Documented Downtime · 30%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Onchain Attestations
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
    Scored by Revocation and expiry semantics · 32% (Solana Attestation Service (SAS) 3/10)
    Scored by Verifiable chain deployments · 24% (Solana Attestation Service (SAS) 6/10)
  • Information failure (Solana Attestation Service (SAS) 8/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
    Scored by Issuer permissioning and identity · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Liveness 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: Cost per attestation (18%).