ETHBEAT Releases CROPS Rating Guide for Ethereum
The guide grades Ethereum protocols on censorship resistance, open-source software, privacy, and security.
Updated on Nov. 7, 2026 in Organic Food
ETHBEAT announced on November 5, 2026 that its first CROPS guide is live, rating Ethereum protocols across four categories. Tornado Cash was the only protocol to receive good ratings in all four categories.
Why it matters
The guide gives users a standardized way to compare the properties of Ethereum protocols beyond their functionality. Because a single bad rating disqualifies a project, the framework sets a strict bar for protocols seeking a positive assessment.
Uniswap V2, Uniswap V3, and Safe each received good ratings in three categories and have privacy ratings of fully transparent. A single bad rating disqualifies a project under the CROPS framework.
The players
ETHBEAT
ETHBEAT is the Ethereum protocol analytics platform that rebranded from L2BEAT and publishes the CROPS guide.
The details
The CROPS guide rates protocols on censorship resistance, open-source software, privacy, and security. The censorship resistance rating considers whether users could withdraw funds if developers, the website, and all relayers became unavailable, and the security rating is not an audit. ETHBEAT attests each review onchain through the Ethereum Attestation Service, and wallets can retrieve the protocol list through an open API.
Timeline
November 5, 2026: ETHBEAT announces the CROPS guide is live, one day after rebranding from L2BEAT.
Culture Shift
The CROPS framework applies the Ethereum community's stated values of censorship resistance and open-source software to concrete protocol ratings. Rating protocols against these criteria shifts evaluation from features and yields toward verifiable properties.
Users choosing which Ethereum protocols to interact with can check whether a protocol holds good ratings across the four CROPS categories. Wallets that display CROPS badges or use the open API can surface these ratings at the point of decision.
The takeaway
A protocol's rating across censorship resistance, open-source software, privacy, and security can be checked before use. Ratings are published onchain and through an open API, so the information is accessible to any wallet or user.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by TokenPost.
