Polkadot Alternatives: 8 Chains Compared chain
Why these alternatives
Polkadot is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 52 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0403. The 8 chains below are the same-type entities that share the most graph neighbors with Polkadot — the chains, companies, auditors, investors and events that connect them — ranked by shared neighbors, then by their own graph centrality (PageRank).
Comparison table
| # | Alternative | Type | Category | Graph connections | Shared with Polkadot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethereum | chain | — | 1260 | 21 |
| 2 | Solana | chain | — | 524 | 14 |
| 3 | NEAR | chain | — | 108 | 13 |
| 4 | Cosmos Hub | chain | l1 | 23 | 12 |
| 5 | Celestia | chain | modular DA layer | 18 | 10 |
| 6 | Sui | chain | — | 47 | 8 |
| 7 | Aptos | chain | — | 50 | 7 |
| 8 | Polygon | chain | — | 290 | 5 |
The 8 alternatives in detail
1. Ethereum
Ethereum is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 1260 connected entities and a PageRank of 1.0000. It shares 21 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Agora Dollar. The graph also records a direct “exploited” relation between Ethereum and Polkadot. Also known as ETH network, Ethereum L1, Ethereum mainnet.
2. Solana
Solana is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 524 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.4377. It shares 14 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Anchorage Digital. Also known as Solana network.
3. NEAR
NEAR is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 108 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0813. It shares 13 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Chorus One. Also known as NEAR Protocol, NEAR blockchain.
4. Cosmos Hub
Cosmos Hub is a l1 chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 23 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0179. It shares 12 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including Chorus One, P2P.org and Figment. Also known as ATOM, Cosmos.
5. Celestia
Celestia is a modular DA layer chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 18 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0142. It shares 10 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including Chorus One, P2P.org and Figment. Also known as TIA.
6. Sui
Sui is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 47 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0395. It shares 8 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Anchorage Digital. Also known as Sui blockchain, Sui chain, Sui network.
7. Aptos
Aptos is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 50 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.0425. It shares 7 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including USD Coin, Tether USD and Anchorage Digital. Also known as Aptos blockchain, Aptos network.
8. Polygon
Polygon is a chain tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, with 290 connected entities and a PageRank of 0.2230. It shares 5 graph neighbors with Polkadot, including Ethereum, USD Coin and Tether USD. Also known as Matic, Polygon PoS.
How this list is built
DeFi Intel maps 11,787 entities and 25,338 relationships extracted from source-cited crypto news and research. An alternative to Polkadot is defined here as another tracked chain ranked by how many knowledge-graph neighbors it shares with Polkadot, with ties broken by PageRank (graph centrality). Only entities with their own DeFi Intel profile page are listed. This page is generated from the graph data alone and contains no editorial ranking or opinion.
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