Provider at a glance
- Category
- Onchain Monitoring
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- venn.build
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Details
Scored 63 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in October 2026.
Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks)
Transaction-screening security network
Onchain Monitoring
#6 Overall
Ranked #6 of 7 onchain monitoring in the published ranking
63
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- False-positive honesty and detection method6/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Verified pre-emptive catches2/10 here; Forta Firewall scores 3
- What it can actually DO5/10 here; Forta Firewall scores 9
Not yet tested for your country. Markets it lists: Global.
to test where you can use it.
The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best monitoring platform shows where it lands for you.
What will Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Transactions per year
- 1k
How safe is Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks)?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read October 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks)
Compare all 4- 4Forta Firewall5 points above · stronger on response capability (9 against 5)68
- 5Cyvers1 point above · stronger on response capability (7 against 5)64
- 7Tenderly Monitor / Alerts1 point below · stronger on pricing disclosure (3 against 2)62
For your setup
Find out if Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) fits you
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Why this rank
Why Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) ranks #6
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (11.4 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 1 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
402+2.563.08#6/7Loading evidence…
255+4.007.09#6/7Loading evidence…
206+3.844.06#1/7Loading evidence…
152+0.962.03#2/7Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−1behind Cyvers, #5
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 60–65 and ranks #5–#7
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks)’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Verified pre-emptive catches 2 → 3 on its ladder · passes Cyvers+165#6 → #5
What it can actually DO 5 → 6 on its ladder · passes Cyvers+164#6 → #5
False-positive honesty and detection method 6 → 7 on its ladder · passes Cyvers+164#6 → #5
Pricing and procurement disclosure 2 → 4 on its ladder · passes Cyvers+264#6 → #5
Verified pre-emptive catches 2 → 1 on its ladder · Tenderly Monitor / Alerts passes it−160#6 → #7
What it can actually DO 5 → 4 on its ladder · Tenderly Monitor / Alerts passes it−161#6 → #7
False-positive honesty and detection method 6 → 5 on its ladder · Tenderly Monitor / Alerts passes it−161#6 → #7
Smallest climb: verified pre-emptive catches 2 → 3 passes Cyvers, #5.
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- False-positive honesty and detection method — 6/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Verified pre-emptive catches — 2/10 against a category best of 8/10
- What it can actually DO — 5/10 against a category best of 9/10
Record watch-outs
- The docs state the firewall "can block them accordingly" — a modifier forwards every protected call to the Firewall, "which makes sure that the call has been approved by Venn before allowing it to go through" — but production use is unshown: the Protocols & Developers guide says "Venn is currently active on the Super-Layer Incentivized Testnet", the newest blog post is dated 12 March 2025, the @ironblocks/firewall-consumer npm package was last published 18 September 2024, and the network explorer was unreachable on 14 September 2026.
Competitive position
Where Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 714.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#6 / 78.5 of 30 · best 14.8
Friction#1 / 72.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 73.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 78.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) leads
- False-positive honesty and detection method#1 / 7
- Pricing and procurement disclosure#2 / 7
Where it trails
- Verified pre-emptive catches#6 / 7
- What it can actually DO#6 / 7
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Cyvers#5 of 7 · score 64 · 1.0 point ahead
Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) leads on
- False-positive honesty and detection method6 vs 3
- Pricing and procurement disclosure2 vs 1
Cyvers leads on
- Verified pre-emptive catches3 vs 2
- What it can actually DO7 vs 5
Largest single reason Cyvers is ahead: published criteria (+1.0 display points).Scenario cost: Cyvers has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Tenderly Monitor / Alerts#7 of 7 · score 62 · 1.0 point behind
Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) leads on
- What it can actually DO5 vs 4
Tenderly Monitor / Alerts leads on
- Pricing and procurement disclosure3 vs 2
Largest single reason Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) is ahead: published criteria (+0.5 display points).Scenario cost: Tenderly Monitor / Alerts has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Forta Firewall#4 of 7 · score 68 · 5.0 points ahead
Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) leads on
- False-positive honesty and detection method6 vs 3
Forta Firewall leads on
- Verified pre-emptive catches3 vs 2
- What it can actually DO9 vs 5
Largest single reason Forta Firewall is ahead: published criteria (+4.9 display points).Scenario cost: Forta Firewall has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
79 vs 63 · gap 16.0Why Hypernative ranks above Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks)
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 16.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisHypernativeGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight8.514.8−16.4, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisHypernativePoints
Verified pre-emptive catches · w4028−7.68, worse
What it can actually DO · w2558−2.40, worse
False-positive honesty and detection method · w2064+1.28, better
Pricing and procurement disclosure · w1521+0.48, better
Net6379−16.0
Your scenario
Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) is not priced for this scenario
The cheapest published tier that covers your usage. List price before any discount; add-ons priced separately are excluded. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Transactions per year · your input1k
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 22 October 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory medianNot priced0 of 7 rows priced
Cheapest pricedNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
7 of 7 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 22 October 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #5 to #7 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 22 October 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Verified pre-emptive catchesstrength 2 · weight 40Report an error—22 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.What it can actually DOstrength 5 · weight 25Report an error—22 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.False-positive honesty and detection methodstrength 6 · weight 20Report an error—22 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Pricing and procurement disclosurestrength 2 · weight 15Report an error—22 October 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Verified pre-emptive catches · 40% (Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) 2/10)Scored by False-positive honesty and detection method · 20% (Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) 6/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: 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: What it can actually DO (25%), Pricing and procurement disclosure (15%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- No price published. The docs FAQ (docs.venn.build/venn-network/faq, fetched 22 October 2026) says costs are "an added fee on top of the original transaction fees", shared among network participants, and that chains may subsidise it for their dApps. The Economics page (fetched 22 October 2026) says transaction fees are paid "either by the protocols' end users or by the protocols themselves". Every fee split is still shown as "x%", and the page carries open drafting notes. No amount or rate is disclosed, so cost cannot be compared before contacting the team.Venn Network (formerly Ironblocks) — docs FAQ ↗ · 22 October 2026
- Prices published in
- USDVenn Network (formerly Ironblocks) — docs FAQ ↗ · 22 October 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Multi-chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Venn Terms (venn.build/policies/terms-and-conditions, "Effective Date: February 1st, 2025", read 22 October 2026): "You may not use the Venn Protocol if you are a citizen, resident, or member of any jurisdiction or group that is subject to economic sanctions, or if your use of the Venn Protocol would be illegal or otherwise violate any applicable law." No countries are named. Production availability is unclear: the Protocols & Developers guide says "Venn is currently active on the Super-Layer Incentivized Testnet" while the docs roadmap ticks "Mainnet Deployment", and the network explorer was unreachable on 22 October 2026.
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
9 methodology entries
- 22 October 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 63, #6 of 7. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
- 16 September 2026
2026.09.15Dimension scores carry tenths, and eleven more categories are re-read from primary sources · platform-wide- changed Dimension scores resolve to tenths of a point (O-04b), and weightedTotal is rounded to six decimal places before the order is read. 518 published scores move across 107 categories that were not re-read; none of them moves by more than 4 points, and most move by 1.
- fixed 66 published scores change in the eleven re-read categories, against a verbatim source each. The largest moves are Reflexer RAI (−16), Beefy and Unrekt (−11), Aztec (−10) and Golem (+9) — all of them rows whose sources had moved since their last read.
- changed Published order moves in 38 of 119 categories and three #1s change: smart_contract_audits (Zellic → Certora) and travel_rule_compliance (Sumsub Travel Rule → CodeVASP) on the finer resolution, kyc_compliance (Veriff → Sumsub) on the re-read.
- added availabilitySource (O-04g): for a reader who states a country, a row whose availability in that country rests on a region tag its record gives no source for sorts below every sourced row. It is inert in every order published here, which states no country.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt onchain_monitoring:venn_network_monitoring:2026.10.18:4473bca50edc
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