Hop Protocol Review
Every fee component published as a range
of 10
Hop publishes every element of its cost — AMM swap fee 0% to 0.04%, bonder fee 0.05% to 0.30%, destination gas folded into the origin-chain charge, and a $0.25 minimum. Its security documentation is a single sentence.
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AMM swap fee
0% to 0.04% per swap
Bonder fee
0.05% to 0.30%, by asset and route
Minimum fee
$0.25 per transfer
Licence
MIT
Security documentation
Page returned 404
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (10.0 + 3.0 + 9.0 + 3.0 + 2.0) ÷ 5 = 5.4.
Pros
- AMM swap fee published as 0% to 0.04% per swap, with the two-swap L2-to-L2 case explained
- Bonder fee published as 0.05% to 0.30%, varying by asset and route
- Minimum fee stated as $0.25 per transfer
- Destination-chain gas explicitly folded into the origin-chain fee
- MIT License on the main repository
Cons
- Security is asserted in one sentence — trustless and decentralised because it lives on-chain — with no mechanism described
- Bonders, challenge periods and validator assumptions are not explained anywhere we could read
- The security documentation page returned 404
- No chain list is published on the FAQ
Cost, itemised properly
Hop publishes the AMM swap fee as a 0% to 0.04% range, notes that an L2-to-L2 transfer incurs two swaps and an L2-to-L1 transfer one, states the bonder fee as 0.05% to 0.30% varying by asset and route, sets a $0.25 minimum, and explains that destination-chain gas is factored into the fee paid on the origin chain.
That is the most complete cost breakdown in this comparison, and it earns full marks.
The security page is missing
Against that, the only security statement we could find reads that the protocol is trustless and decentralised because it lives entirely on-chain. That is an assertion, not a trust model. Bonders are central to how Hop works, yet nothing we could read explains what they are bonded against or what happens if one misbehaves. The dedicated security page returned 404.
How it compares
Synapse
MIT-licensed, and little else readable
Chainflip
Apache-licensed, with documentation gaps
Squid
Charges nothing, documents little
deBridge
Per-chain flat fees, published in full
Stargate / LayerZero
Exact fee split, and a licence that expired unresolved
Celer cBridge
GPL-3.0 with a published fee ceiling
Wormhole
A named quorum: 13 of 19 guardians
Across
Optimistic security explained in one sentence
Axelar
Apache-licensed with the deepest audit archive
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Hop — fees documentation — checked
- 2.Hop — FAQ — checked
- 3.Hop — LICENSE — checked
Frequently asked questions
What does Hop charge?
An AMM swap fee of 0% to 0.04% per swap, a bonder fee of 0.05% to 0.30% depending on asset and route, and a minimum of $0.25 per transfer. Destination-chain gas is included in the origin-chain fee.
How is Hop secured?
The only statement we could find is that the protocol is trustless and decentralised because it lives entirely on-chain; the dedicated security page returned 404 when checked.
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