Hop Protocol vs Synapse Synapse leads by 10 points.
Synapse scores 10 points above Hop Protocol, which no longer operates (since 2026-10-23) and scores zero on the criteria block. Hop Protocol ranks #18 and Synapse #11 of 18 published bridges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
HOHop Protocol41
vs
Synapse51
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #18 and #11 of 18
Synapse scores 10 points above Hop Protocol, which no longer operates (since 2026-10-23) and scores zero on the criteria block.
HOHop Protocol #18 of 1841
Synapse #11 of 1851
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termSynapse leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; Hop Protocol on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermSynapseHop ProtocolWeightPoints
Route coverage6/103/106.7+5.2for Synapse+2.7 of 32
Trust4/105/106.2−1.6for Hop Protocol−0.8 of 32
Route clarity3/104/105.8−1.5for Hop Protocol−0.8 of 32
Transfer speed7/104/105.3+4.1for Synapse+2.1 of 32
AvailabilityScore dimension201420+15.6for Synapse
No longer operatingEligibilityoperatingsunset 2026-10-23—+26.0for Synapse
Net of the terms+47.8
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−1.0
Reproduced gap+46.8
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below5141+10.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
EvidenceEvidence evidence medium vs evidence low — how well each score is supported, not the score itself
Hop Protocol no longer operates (since 2026-10-23) and is kept for reference: the engine zeroes its criteria block, whatever its cells say.
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
SynapseScore 51EVM-focused multichain bridge, with Solana reached through a separate bridgeStrength: Speed — 7/10Watch-out: Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a routeHop ProtocolScore 41Withdrawn: the Ethereum-rollup bridge whose site now serves a gambling page and whose app and route service are downStrength: Nothing — Hop is not operating; it was withdrawn on 23 October 2026Watch-out: Withdrawn 23 October 2026. On that day hop.exchange (and www.hop.exchange) served an Indonesian slot-gambling page titled "JUDIMPO Situs Judi Mpo Slot 10k dengan Peluang Maxwin Terbaik", app.hop.exchange answered HTTP 400 "unexpected error" and the route API api.hop.exchange/v1/available-routes answered HTTP 530; the same three surfaces had already failed on 2026-09-30. Do not follow hop.exchange: it is not Hop
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactHop ProtocolSynapse
PricingSnapshotWithdrawn 23 October 2026 (hop.exchange serves a gambling page; app and route API down), so no current price exists. Last read, kept for the record: Hop user docs, "Fees" (docs.hop.exchange/basics/fees, fetched 30 September 2026; the page reads "Last updated 2 years ago"): "3. Bonder fee (0.05-0.30%)", AMM swap fees of "0.01% - 0.04%" per swap ("L2 <> L2 -> 0.02% - 0.08% swap fees (because two swaps)"), destination gas, and "To prevent spamming there is a minimum fee of $0.25 per Hop transfer." These are documentation figures only: on the same date app.hop.exchange answered HTTP 400 "unexpected error", the quote API api.hop.exchange returned a Cloudflare origin-DNS error, explorer.hop.exchange returned a Netlify "Site not found" page and hop.exchange served an unrelated gambling page, so no live Hop price could be read.No Synapse price could be read on 30 September 2026. The Synapse REST API (api.synapseprotocol.com), which its docs page docs.synapseprotocol.com/docs/Bridge/REST-API describes as the way to "retrieve quotes", returned "No bridge routes found" for USDC Ethereum to Arbitrum, Ethereum to Optimism and Arbitrum to Base and for ETH Ethereum to Arbitrum and Arbitrum to Optimism, and its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned "An unexpected error occurred in /bridge/v2. Please try again later." The Synapse docs pages read (Bridge, REST API, Supported Routes, Synapse Intent Network, contract pages) publish no fee rate, so the percentage the previous note carried is not repeated.
Asset coverageEditorialRollup-specific bridge movement across supported token routesToken transfers through Synapse's legacy nUSD/nETH pools and its RFQ relayer network, where a route can be quoted
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
HO
Hop Protocol
41#18 of 18
Pick it when
Pick Hop Protocol if trust matters most — it scores 5/10 to Synapse's 4/10 there (weight 26).
Strength
Nothing — Hop is not operating; it was withdrawn on 23 October 2026
Tradeoff
Withdrawn 23 October 2026. On that day hop.exchange (and www.hop.exchange) served an Indonesian slot-gambling page titled "JUDIMPO Situs Judi Mpo Slot 10k dengan Peluang Maxwin Terbaik", app.hop.exchange answered HTTP 400 "unexpected error" and the route API api.hop.exchange/v1/available-routes answered HTTP 530; the same three surfaces had already failed on 2026-09-30. Do not follow hop.exchange: it is not Hop
Synapse
51#11 of 18
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Synapse if route coverage matters most — it scores 6/10 to Hop Protocol's 3/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Speed — 7/10
Tradeoff
Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a route
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
HOHop Protocol
Choose Hop Protocol if trust matters most
Trust: 5/10 against 4/10 for Synapse (weight 26)
Route clarity: 4/10 against 3/10 for Synapse (weight 24)
Hop ProtocolScore 41Withdrawn: the Ethereum-rollup bridge whose site now serves a gambling page and whose app and route service are downStrength: Nothing — Hop is not operating; it was withdrawn on 23 October 2026Watch-out: Withdrawn 23 October 2026. On that day hop.exchange (and www.hop.exchange) served an Indonesian slot-gambling page titled "JUDIMPO Situs Judi Mpo Slot 10k dengan Peluang Maxwin Terbaik", app.hop.exchange answered HTTP 400 "unexpected error" and the route API api.hop.exchange/v1/available-routes answered HTTP 530; the same three surfaces had already failed on 2026-09-30. Do not follow hop.exchange: it is not Hop
SynapseLeads
Choose Synapse if route coverage matters most
Route coverage: 6/10 against 3/10 for Hop Protocol (weight 28)
Transfer speed: 7/10 against 4/10 for Hop Protocol (weight 22)
SynapseScore 51EVM-focused multichain bridge, with Solana reached through a separate bridgeStrength: Speed — 7/10Watch-out: Synapse's quote API answered "No bridge routes found" for USDC and ETH between Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism and Base on 2026-09-30, and again for ETH from Ethereum to Arbitrum and from Arbitrum to Optimism on 2026-10-23, when its /bridge/v2 endpoint returned HTTP 500. The bridge still settles transfers: its Ethereum contract (0x2796317b0fF8538F253012862c06787Adfb8cEb6) logged 50 TokenWithdraw and TokenMint events between 11 and 22 October 2026, the latest at 20:04 UTC on 22 October. Get a quote in its app before you rely on a route
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Route coverage
by 3 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Synapse leads
Hop Protocol3/10 out of 10
Synapse6/10 out of 10
Route clarity
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Hop Protocol leads
Hop Protocol4/10 out of 10
Synapse3/10 out of 10
Transfer speed
by 3 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Synapse leads
Hop Protocol4/10 out of 10
Synapse7/10 out of 10
Trust
by 1 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Hop Protocol leads
Hop Protocol5/10 out of 10
Synapse4/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Hop Protocol14/20Synapse20/20
Synapse leads
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Hop Protocol0/30Synapse12/30
Synapse leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Hop Protocol2.7/10Synapse2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Hop Protocol3.2/8Synapse3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Hop Protocol6.9/18Synapse6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Synapse unless the term Hop Protocol leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Hop Protocol if trust matters most — it scores 5/10 to Synapse's 4/10 there (weight 26).
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Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
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%).
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Synapse scores 10 points above Hop Protocol, which no longer operates (since 2026-10-23) and scores zero on the criteria block. Published scores, out of 100: Hop Protocol 41 (rank 18 of 18 bridges), Synapse 51 (rank 11 of 18).
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