Starknet vs Taiko Alethia Starknet leads by 4 points.
Starknet scores 4 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, track record, and exit window. Starknet ranks #8 and Taiko Alethia #11 of 15 published L2 blockchains. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Starknet63
vs
Taiko Alethia59
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #8 and #11 of 15
Starknet scores 4 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, track record, and exit window.
Starknet #8 of 1563
Taiko Alethia #11 of 1559
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termStarknet leads on 4 of 8 published criteria; Taiko Alethia on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermStarknetTaiko AlethiaWeightPoints
Forced withdrawals5/100/104.3+5.6for Starknet+2.9 of 32
Data on Ethereum9/1010/103.4−0.9for Taiko Alethia−0.4 of 32
EVM equivalence0/1010/102.4−6.2for Taiko Alethia−3.2 of 32
Track record8/104/102.4+2.5for Starknet+1.3 of 32
Exit window2/100/102.4+1.2for Starknet+0.6 of 32
Rollup stage7/103/101.9+2.0for Starknet+1.0 of 32
Net of the terms+4.2
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+4.2
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6359+4.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
StarknetScore 63ZK rollup on the Cairo VM (non-EVM), with STARK validity proofsStrength: Proof system — 10/10Watch-out: Non-EVM (Cairo) — existing Solidity contracts do not run unchangedTaiko AlethiaScore 59ZK rollup with Ethereum-equivalent execution and data on Ethereum, at L2BEAT Stage 0Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Quick facts
At a glance
2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactStarknetTaiko Alethia
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Security postureSnapshotZK rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (blobs).ZK rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Starknet
63#8 of 15
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Starknet if forced withdrawals matters most — it scores 5/10 to Taiko Alethia's 0/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
Proof system — 10/10
Tradeoff
Non-EVM (Cairo) — existing Solidity contracts do not run unchanged
Taiko Alethia
59#11 of 15
Pick it when
Pick Taiko Alethia if data on Ethereum matters most — it scores 10/10 to Starknet's 9/10 there (weight 14).
Strength
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
StarknetLeads
Choose Starknet if forced withdrawals matters most
Forced withdrawals: 5/10 against 0/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 18)
Track record: 8/10 against 4/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 10)
Exit window: 2/10 against 0/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 10)
StarknetScore 63ZK rollup on the Cairo VM (non-EVM), with STARK validity proofsStrength: Proof system — 10/10Watch-out: Non-EVM (Cairo) — existing Solidity contracts do not run unchanged
Taiko Alethia
Choose Taiko Alethia if data on Ethereum matters most
Data on Ethereum: 10/10 against 9/10 for Starknet (weight 14)
EVM equivalence: 10/10 against 0/10 for Starknet (weight 10)
Taiko AlethiaScore 59ZK rollup with Ethereum-equivalent execution and data on Ethereum, at L2BEAT Stage 0Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted operators can propose blocks, with no permissionless fallback: if they stop, withdrawals freeze (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 8616 of 16 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
EVM equivalence
by 10 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Taiko Alethia leads
Starknet0/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Track record
by 4 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Starknet leads
Starknet8/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia4/10 out of 10
Data on Ethereum
by 1 of 10weight 3.4 of 86Taiko Alethia leads
Starknet9/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Rollup stage
by 4 of 10weight 1.9 of 86Starknet leads
Starknet7/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia3/10 out of 10
Proof system
weight 4.3 of 86Tie
Starknet10/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Exit window
by 2 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Starknet leads
Starknet2/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Forced withdrawals
by 5 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Starknet leads
Starknet5/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Censorship resistance
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Starknet5/10 out of 10
Taiko Alethia5/10 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 · constant here
Starknet14/20Taiko Alethia14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Starknet14.7/30Taiko Alethia13.1/30
Starknet leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Starknet2.7/10Taiko Alethia2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Starknet3.2/8Taiko Alethia3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Starknet5.5/18Taiko Alethia5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Starknet unless the term Taiko Alethia leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Taiko Alethia if data on Ethereum matters most — it scores 10/10 to Starknet's 9/10 there (weight 14).
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Scored by Exit window before an upgrade · 10% (Starknet 2/10, Taiko Alethia 0/10)
Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
Scored by Ethereum data availability · 14% (Starknet 9/10, Taiko Alethia 10/10)
Scored by Proof system · 18% (Starknet 10/10, Taiko Alethia 10/10)
Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Withdrawals if the operator stops · 18% (Starknet 5/10, Taiko Alethia 0/10)
Scored by Transactions if the sequencer censors you · 12% (Starknet 5/10, Taiko Alethia 5/10)
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: EVM equivalence (10%), Maturity & track record (10%), Rollup stage (8%).
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Starknet scores 4 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, track record, and exit window. Published scores, out of 100: Starknet 63 (rank 8 of 15 l2 blockchains), Taiko Alethia 59 (rank 11 of 15).
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