Rarible Review
MIT-licensed and ChainSecurity audited
of 10
Rarible charges a mandatory protocol fee paid by both buyer and seller, illustrated at 1%, supports creator royalties, and licenses its protocol contracts under MIT with a ChainSecurity audit of its Exchange v2.
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Protocol fee
Mandatory, paid by both sides; 1% illustration
Origin fees
Optional, user-set
Royalties
Paid to the creator on each sale
Licence
MIT (protocol contracts)
Audit
ChainSecurity (Exchange v2)
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (7.0 + 7.0 + 10.0 + 3.0 + 9.0) ÷ 5 = 7.2.
Pros
- Protocol fee documented as mandatory and paid by both sides, with a 1% illustration
- Optional origin fees documented separately, so the fee stack is transparent
- Protocol contracts are MIT-licensed
- Exchange v2 audited by ChainSecurity, stated in the repository
- Royalties documented as payments to the original creator on each sale
Cons
- The exact protocol-fee percentage is shown as an example rather than fixed on the page read
- The supported-blockchain list is referenced but not enumerated on the fees page
- No maximum royalty is stated on the page read
Open contracts, named audit
Rarible's protocol contracts are MIT-licensed, and the repository states the Exchange v2 was audited by ChainSecurity. As with OpenSea, an open licence and a named auditor on the settlement contracts are the firmest part of the entry.
A transparent fee stack
The protocol fee is documented as mandatory and paid by both buyer and seller, illustrated at 1%, with optional origin fees set by users shown separately. Publishing the components — even where the headline number is an example rather than a fixed rate — lets a reader see the whole stack.
Royalties and chains
Royalties are documented as payments to the original creator on each sale. The supported-blockchain list is referenced on the page but not enumerated, so the chain-coverage score reflects what could be read there.
The company behind it
Rarible was co-founded in 2019 by Alexei Falin and Alexander Salnikov and now runs a two-part governance structure: the RARI Foundation oversees the RARI DAO, and RARI-token holders — voting through vote-escrowed veRARI — govern the protocol and control the Foundation treasury on chain. A named founding team alongside a foundation-and-DAO structure is a fuller disclosure picture than most marketplaces here provide.
How it compares
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OpenSea
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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.Rarible — tokens, fees and royalties — checked
- 2.Rarible — protocol-contracts (MIT and ChainSecurity audit) — checked
- 3.Rarible — RARI Foundation — checked
Frequently asked questions
What does Rarible charge?
A mandatory protocol fee paid by both buyer and seller, illustrated at 1%, plus optional origin fees set by users.
Is Rarible's code open source?
Yes. The protocol contracts are MIT-licensed, and the Exchange v2 was audited by ChainSecurity.
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