Ink scores 17 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and rollup stage. Taiko Alethia ranks #11 and Ink #4 of 15 published L2 blockchains. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Taiko Alethia59
vs
Ink76
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #11 and #4 of 15
Ink scores 17 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and rollup stage.
Taiko Alethia #11 of 1559
Ink #4 of 1576
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termInk leads on 3 of 8 published criteria; Taiko Alethia on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermInkTaiko AlethiaWeightPoints
Forced withdrawals10/100/104.3+11.2for Ink+5.8 of 32
Censorship resistance10/105/102.9+3.7for Ink+1.9 of 32
Rollup stage7/103/101.9+2.0for Ink+1.0 of 32
Net of the terms+17.0
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+16.9
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7659+17.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
InkScore 76Kraken's OP Stack rollup for DeFi, at L2BEAT Stage 1Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups: public mainnet since December 2024Taiko 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.
FactTaiko AlethiaInk
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Security postureSnapshotZK rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).Optimistic rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Taiko Alethia
59#11 of 15
Pick it when
Taiko Alethia leads Ink on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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)
Ink
76#4 of 15
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Ink if forced withdrawals matters most — it scores 10/10 to Taiko Alethia's 0/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Younger than the 2021-era rollups: public mainnet since December 2024
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Taiko Alethia
Taiko Alethia leads Ink on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
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)
InkLeads
Choose Ink if forced withdrawals matters most
Forced withdrawals: 10/10 against 0/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 18)
Censorship resistance: 10/10 against 5/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 12)
Rollup stage: 7/10 against 3/10 for Taiko Alethia (weight 8)
InkScore 76Kraken's OP Stack rollup for DeFi, at L2BEAT Stage 1Strength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups: public mainnet since December 2024
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
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Ink10/10 out of 10
Track record
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Taiko Alethia4/10 out of 10
Ink4/10 out of 10
Data on Ethereum
weight 3.4 of 86Tie
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Ink10/10 out of 10
Rollup stage
by 4 of 10weight 1.9 of 86Ink leads
Taiko Alethia3/10 out of 10
Ink7/10 out of 10
Proof system
weight 4.3 of 86Tie
Taiko Alethia10/10 out of 10
Ink10/10 out of 10
Exit window
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Ink0/10 out of 10
Forced withdrawals
by 10 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Ink leads
Taiko Alethia0/10 out of 10
Ink10/10 out of 10
Censorship resistance
by 5 of 10weight 2.9 of 86Ink leads
Taiko Alethia5/10 out of 10
Ink10/10 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
Taiko Alethia14/20Ink14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Taiko Alethia13.1/30Ink19.6/30
Ink leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Taiko Alethia2.7/10Ink2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Taiko Alethia3.2/8Ink3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Taiko Alethia5.5/18Ink5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Ink unless the term Taiko Alethia leads on is the one you are buying.
Taiko Alethia leads Ink on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
Scored by Exit window before an upgrade · 10% (Taiko Alethia 0/10, Ink 0/10)
Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
Scored by Ethereum data availability · 14% (Taiko Alethia 10/10, Ink 10/10)
Scored by Proof system · 18% (Taiko Alethia 10/10, Ink 10/10)
Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Withdrawals if the operator stops · 18% (Taiko Alethia 0/10, Ink 10/10)
Scored by Transactions if the sequencer censors you · 12% (Taiko Alethia 5/10, Ink 10/10)
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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Ink scores 17 points above Taiko Alethia, led by forced withdrawals, censorship resistance, and rollup stage. Published scores, out of 100: Taiko Alethia 59 (rank 11 of 15 l2 blockchains), Ink 76 (rank 4 of 15).
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