Best Layer 1 Protocols for Token Terminal

Compare the Top Layer 1 Protocols that integrate with Token Terminal as of September 2025

This a list of Layer 1 Protocols that integrate with Token Terminal. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Token Terminal. View the products that work with Token Terminal in the table below.

What are Layer 1 Protocols for Token Terminal?

Layer 1 protocols, also known as layer 1 blockchains, are blockchain protocols that are built as the base layer of a blockchain. A layer 1 protocol serves as the underlying base blockchain of a blockchain network, as opposed to a layer 2 protocol which is designed to improve the scaling problems and transaction speeds and fees that layer 1 blockchain networks and protocols face. Decentralized applications and cryptocurrencies can be built on Layer 1 protocols, and layer 1 protocols interact with layer 2 protocols in order to improve efficiency and overall user experience. Compare and read user reviews of the best Layer 1 Protocols for Token Terminal currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Bitcoin

    Bitcoin

    Bitcoin

    Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system. Bitcoin transactions are secured by mathematics and energy. Cryptographic signatures prevent other people from spending your money. Energy spent by proof of work (PoW) prevents other people from undoing, rearranging or losing your transactions. So long as you take the required steps to protect your wallet, Bitcoin can give you control over your money and a strong level of protection against many types of fraud.
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    Stellar

    Stellar

    Stellar Development Foundation

    Stellar makes it possible to create, send, and trade digital representations of all forms of money: dollars, pesos, bitcoin, pretty much anything. It’s designed so all the world’s financial systems can work together on a single network. Stellar's API and SDKs are ready to help you transform the world of finance, and the network’s currency connections could give even a small company the power and reach of an international bank. Leverage the many currency-backed tokens already on the Stellar network. Use Stellar's built-in decentralized exchange for crypto, forex, or securities. Users can swap between tokens using simple functions built into the protocol. Leverage the Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP) to initiate and disburse bulk payments that move in real-time and settle instantly 24/7/365 with full certainty of funds delivery. Stellar has the documentation, tooling, and support to help you get your project up quickly.
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    Polkadot

    Polkadot

    Polkadot

    Polkadot is a blockchain network being built to enable Web 3.0, a decentralized and fair internet where users control their own data and markets prosper from network efficiency and security. Polkadot was founded in 2016 by Gavin Wood, former Co-Founder and CTO of Ethereum. Polkadot’s technology addresses the major issues that have stymied blockchain adoption in recent years. Polkadot’s software development toolkit, Substrate, created by Parity Technologies, makes it easy for blockchain developers to build their own custom, fit-for-use blockchains. Polkadot also enables multiple blockchains to communicate between each other, allows for easy upgradeability, and introduces “shared security”, a plug-and-play network security model that allows developers to focus on the technology and avoid spending time and resources recruiting a set of operators to run a new blockchain.
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    NEAR

    NEAR

    NEAR Blockchain

    The Builder’s fastest path to market, NEAR is an open source platform that accelerates the development of decentralized applications. Building the tools to enable community-driven innovation that benefits people around the world. Near Inc is building NEAR, a new application platform designed to bring blockchain to wide variety of mainstream applications. Focusing on developer and end user experience, NEAR is high performance infrastructure that real people can use. NEAR is a decentralized application platform that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of the Open Web in their hands. NEAR’s token economy is built around the NEAR token, a unit of value on the platform that enables token holders to use applications on NEAR, participate in network governance, and earn token rewards by staking to the network.
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    Filecoin

    Filecoin

    Filecoin

    The Filecoin mainnet is here. Join today to make deals, store data, and earn FIL. The Filecoin network achieves staggering economies of scale by allowing anyone to participate as a storage provider and monetize their open hard drive space. The Filecoin network is designed to reward participants at multiple levels — from large scale data centers to local entrepreneurs with mining rigs that cover the last mile. Miners combine disks and other hardware to win storage deals, store data, and earn filecoin. Mining configurations range from desktop computers to large racks with disks and compute. No useless proof-of-work here. Storing more files is directly related to winning more block rewards. The more storage you add, the more filecoin you’ll earn. With the Filecoin retrieval market, miners will be rewarded for delivering content quickly.
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    Ethereum

    Ethereum

    Ethereum Foundation

    Ethereum is the community-run technology powering the cryptocurrency, ether (ETH) and thousands of decentralized applications. Ethereum is a technology that's home to digital money, global payments, and applications. The community has built a booming digital economy, bold new ways for creators to earn online, and so much more. It's open to everyone, wherever you are in the world – all you need is the internet. Today, billions of people can’t open bank accounts, others have their payments blocked. Ethereum's decentralized finance (DeFi) system never sleeps or discriminates. With just an internet connection, you can send, receive, borrow, earn interest, and even stream funds anywhere in the world. Today, we gain access to 'free' internet services by giving up control of our personal data. Ethereum services are open by default – you just need a wallet. Stake your ETH to become an Ethereum validator.
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    BNB Smart Chain (BSC)

    BNB Smart Chain (BSC)

    BNB Chain (Binance)

    BNB Smart Chain (BSC) is a blockchain platform developed by Binance, designed to enable decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. It operates as a parallel chain to Binance Chain, combining high-speed transactions with the programmability of Ethereum-compatible smart contracts. BSC uses a Proof-of-Staked-Authority (PoSA) consensus mechanism, which enhances scalability and efficiency while reducing transaction costs. It is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), allowing developers to easily port dApps and projects from Ethereum. BSC has become a popular choice for decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and NFT ecosystems, offering users a fast, low-cost, and secure platform for blockchain-based innovations.
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    Avalanche

    Avalanche

    Avalanche

    Build on Avalanche. Build without limits. Avalanche is an open, programmable platform for decentralized finance applications. Launch Ethereum dapps that confirm transactions instantly and process thousands of transactions per second, far beyond any decentralized blockchain platform today. Deploy blockchains that fit your own application needs. Build your own virtual machine and dictate exactly how the blockchain should operate. Stake, or lock up, your AVAX to help process transactions and further secure the platform–providing security guarantees well-above the 51% standard. You probably have the hardware required to join the platform. Avalanche is Solidity-compatible. All of your favorite tools like Remix, Truffle, and Tenderly work out of the box. Deploying smart contracts on Avalanche cost just a tenth of what they cost on Ethereum. High gas fees, front-running, and other adverse effects of slow smart contract blockchains are now a thing of the past.
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    Terra

    Terra

    Terra

    Anchor Protocol allows Terra stablecoin deposits to earn stable yield, powered by block rewards of leading proof-of-stake blockchains. Terra stablecoins offer instant settlements, low fees and seamless cross-border exchange - loved by millions of users and merchants. Mirror Protocol allows the creation of fungible assets, “synthetics”, that track the price of real world assets. Mirror synthetics are intended to be used as key building blocks in smart contracts, and to bring the world’s assets to the blockchain. Build smart contracts in Rust, Go, or AssemblyScript. Run on multiple chains, connected by the Cosmos IBC. Use Terra stablecoins, onchain swaps, layer 1 oracles as primitives. Expose dApp userbases to Terra's payment services in a permissionless fashion. Terra aims to make its stablecoins available to every developer on every blockchain. Now live on Ethereum and Solana, and coming to more soon.
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    Solana

    Solana

    Solana Foundation

    Solana is a fast, secure, and censorship resistant blockchain providing the open infrastructure required for global adoption. The best projects in DeFi, Web3, and blockchain gaming choose to build on Solana for the long-term. Solana can process 50k transactions per second. Don't believe us? Stress test the network to experience Solana's speed for yourself. Say goodbye to high fees and slow confirmations. Solana is built for speed, without trade-offs. Solana leverages Proof of History and several other breakthrough innovations to allow the network to scale at the rate of Moore's Law. Never worry about rising fees as your user base grows. Solana is designed to keep fees low for applications with billions of users. Solana's single global state ensures composability between projects. Never deal with multiple shards or layer 2 systems.
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    Tezos

    Tezos

    Tezos

    Security focused. Upgradable. Built to last. Tezos is an open-source platform for assets and applications backed by a global community of validators, researchers, and builders. Tezos addresses key barriers facing blockchain adoption to date: smart contract safety, long-term upgradability, and open participation. Tezos is designed to provide the safety and code correctness required for assets and other high value use cases. Its native smart contract language, Michelson, facilitates formal verification, a methodology commonly used in mission-critical environments such as the aerospace, nuclear, and semiconductor industries. Tezos’ modular architecture and formal upgrade mechanism allow the network to propose and adopt new technological innovations smoothly as they emerge. These aspects, combined with Tezos’ on-chain invoicing mechanism, enable the protocol to remain the state-of-the-art long into the future — without sacrificing community consensus.
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    Cardano

    Cardano

    Cardano

    Cardano is a blockchain platform for changemakers, innovators, and visionaries, with the tools and technologies required to create possibility for the many, as well as the few, and bring about positive global change. Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform: the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies to provide unparalleled security and sustainability to decentralized applications, systems, and societies. With a leading team of engineers, Cardano exists to redistribute power from unaccountable structures to the margins – to individuals – and be an enabling force for positive change and progress. Cardano restores trust to global systems – creating, through science, a more secure, transparent, and sustainable foundation for individuals to transact and exchange, systems to govern, and enterprises to grow.
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    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    The Internet of Blockchains. Cosmos is an ever-expanding ecosystem of interconnected apps and services, built for a decentralized future. Enter a new universe of connected services. Cosmos apps and services connect using IBC, the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. This innovation enables you to freely exchange assets and data across sovereign decentralized blockchains. Serving as the economic center of Cosmos, the Cosmos Hub is a blockchain that provides vital services to the Interchain. Set to operate a next-gen decentralized exchange, swapping digital assets from across the Interchain, with very low fees and instant transaction confirmation. With the upcoming Interchain Staking feature, ATOM will soon be securing many chains, in exchange for additional staking rewards. A core mission of the Hub – to connect chains by establishing IBC connections with compatible chains and operating decentralized bridges with chains like Ethereum and Bitcoin.
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