Santiment ranks Dash, Chainlink and HOPR as top privacy projects by development activity
Dash has claimed first place in Santiment's latest 30-day ranking of privacy-focused crypto projects by development activity, with Chainlink in second and HOPR in third.
The list, published on November 13, 2026, tracks meaningful GitHub contributions such as commits and pull requests, filtering out lower-value actions like forks. Dash's top position marks a notable achievement for one of the older names in the privacy sector, while HOPR's rise to third suggests growing engineering interest in infrastructure-style privacy projects.
Top Ten Projects
The ranking includes established privacy coins like Dash, Zcash ($ZEC) and Monero ($XMR), alongside infrastructure projects incorporating privacy technology. Completing the top ten are Zama ($ZAMA), NYM ($NYM), Dusk ($DUSK), Aztec ($AZTEC) and Anyone ($ANYONE).
Methodology and Limitations
Santiment's approach measures real engineering output rather than superficial activity. However, it only counts public GitHub contributions, excluding work done in private repositories or off-platform. The metric focuses on quantity of meaningful contributions, not their quality.
The goal is to measure real engineering output rather than activity that only looks like progress.
Market Implications
For traders, Santiment emphasizes that development activity doesn't directly move prices on a schedule. High activity can indicate long-term project health but doesn't necessarily predict near-term price movements. The ranking reflects how the privacy category has evolved beyond coins designed to hide transaction details to include infrastructure adding privacy features across the crypto stack.
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