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What criteria do you look for when you research a token/crypto? And what tools do you use to do your investigation? Please provide as much details, examples, walk throughs, tutorial links as possible.

Like if you want to know what percentage of a token is being held for a few VC's, developers, initial investors, etc.? Or how do you monitor inflows and outflows over a period of time?

For tokens, no matter the hype and the multipliers it made the first thing I always check is the smart contract vulnerability using De.fi/scanner and you'll see an example of the result you'll get if you click here (https://de.fi/scanner/contract/0xd1e64bcc904cfdc19d0faba155a9edc69b4bcdae?chainId=eth). But if it's BNB based token i use https://bscscan.com/verifyContract sometime.
After, checking the smart contract and the danger involved the next thing I look into is the project concept, the solution it introduced, the use case, and the possible future traffic it will get in years to come.

For coin, I will check the team, and their private and public support before I later look into the concept, use case, solution it introduced, and future possible traffic. I mostly use CMC and CG for coin.


De.fi/scanner will provide you with almost the exact information.

There are no fixed criteria to say that token/crypto is good, but there are fixed criteria to judge it as scam or bad, such as a large amount of liquidity, developers owning most of that liquidity, lack of open source codes or continuous development, and the idea of the project is based  promises for fast profit. These are all reasons to stay away from the project.

To search for a good project, look for the following criteria:

• limited supply or increases slightly and developers cannot control it.
• Does not reach ATH unless you strongly believe in the project.
• Clarify the idea of the project, that it be based on a serious solution and not promises of profits.
• Continuous development, as there is activity on github, and it is best to wait several months to verify the activity.
• Buying near support points or after a price correction as it represents the bottom for projects and the possibility that the price will decline further is unlikely.

A lot of details.
-Is the project run by legit team?
- do they have working product or if early whose their backers at what price those VCs entered their phase?
-does they have locked up period and whats the goal of the project?
-whats their roadmap and whitepaper?
-Whats the price of their token and how many are for sale?

A lots of questions needed to be answered or can be seen by a broad summary of their project. Btw their backers can confirm that as well if they are legit or just using names of those people or firm.

One thing you should not do is to check through information which the project is offering as they are mostly misleading. This includes white paper, website information, roadmap, possible partnerships, and so on. Majority of projects are rug pulls and don't go past the first few months to a year, so you are looking for the holes in their design.

• Double check the team on other platforms, check previous projects they have worked on and how it ended up,
• Check the smart contract and other token information,
• Check if the tokens are pre mined,
• Check to know if the community is organic or bought,
• Check competing projects in the field they want to get into.

Hey I already see people have shared various methods to check on the validation part hence I would like to give you some basic but every important thing like checking on the dev teams and their previous association and how successful they had been. Apart from this you need to check the partnership and the companies which it partners with because a lot of tokens names partners who are made up validate the partners as well. This will helpm

Like if you want to know what percentage of a token is being held for a few VC's, developers, initial investors, etc.? Or how do you monitor inflows and outflows over a period of time?
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As a beginner I would suggest you stick to a particular coin and monitor the market rates.

It's obvious that you want to invest but my advice to you don't get greedy and if there is a particular coin on your mind just ask question on it.

Start with biggest sites like

https://coinmarketcap.com/
https://www.coingecko.com/

Next, for very new cryptocurrency, check with
https://dexscreener.com/
https://bubblemaps.io/

If tokens don't have their logos on token tickers when you check their smart contracts with blockchain explorers, they have very high probability to be scam tokens and interact with their smart contracts can make your wallet compromised.

Honestly.  I think 'Research' is not even an option any more.  You are pretty much gambling your money now when you decide to invest in a Cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.

Huge projects like Luna have dropped from something to crap in no time, even if almost every body was supporting it and thought it would do well.  Or, take a look at what Safemoon has been able to do.  How much money they were able to steal in such a long time span, yet so many people still fell for it.

They are doing the marketing and promises so well that it is hard to find out who is the bad guy today.  It is still good to do the Research.  But any Research more detailed than the simple methods mentioned above is in my opinion a waste of time.  You are just gambling your money, you never know when another hammer hits the Coin you have Researched tremendously.

Actually it's very true that most others asides Bitcoin can be seen as gambling but then if you are strategic about your approach to them then you can be profitable from them when you invest in them, been timely and conscious about their activities will help a lot a d aswell not investing all thst you have got all at once in them , it's true that you may not know when they may crash the project and funds will be lost but one preventive measures to take to keep you safe is investing small and taking profit at every slightest opportunity it avails.

For everytime you see a profit on the game, it's advisable you take your profit and still leaving the capital to still grow, that way you can still stay profitable and if they eventually close the project, you must ha e taken some profit and that which is left as your profit can be allowed to go because you have made a few profits from it.

There are many things to be on a look out for when researching about a particular crypto project, we need to intensify making research on these areas, the team that are developing and launching a new crypto coin, the purpose for the project, their market capitalization, market volume, their official sites and domain address with all necessary information's concerning their registration and license approval for operation, finally, we may dive into their previous records of successful projects and accept taking risk in them after which the completion of these are satisfactory enough by us.

Alright, imagine you're on a treasure hunt, but instead of looking for gold coins, you're trying to find out about special digital coins called cryptocurrencies. When you're investigating these coins, you want to know a few important things:

What's the treasure for?: Every treasure hunt has a purpose, right? Well, cryptocurrencies also have a reason they were created. You need to understand what problem they're trying to solve or what cool thing they're trying to do.

Who's in the treasure team?: Just like you want to know who's on your treasure hunting team, you want to know about the people behind a cryptocurrency. Are they smart? Do they have experience finding treasures before?

How are the treasures shared?: You want to know how the treasure, or the coins, are shared among the people. If only a few people have a lot of the coins, it might not be fair or safe for everyone else.

Is the treasure useful?: Imagine finding a toy instead of real treasure. It might not be very useful, right? You want to make sure the cryptocurrency you're looking at can actually do something cool or solve a real problem.

Do others think it's a good treasure?: Just like you might ask your friends if they think a treasure map looks legit, you want to see if other people believe in the cryptocurrency too. If lots of people are excited about it, that's usually a good sign.

Where does the treasure go?: You want to keep an eye on where the treasure is going. If lots of it is moving around, it might mean people are buying or selling it, which can affect its value.

Is the treasure safe?: Like you want to make sure your treasure map is accurate and won't lead you into danger, you want to know if the cryptocurrency is safe and protected from bad guys trying to steal it.

Did anyone check the treasure map?: Sometimes, people check treasure maps to make sure they're not fake. Similarly, some experts check out cryptocurrencies to make sure they're not hiding any problems or dangers.

So, when you're looking at cryptocurrencies, it's like going on a treasure hunt, but instead of using a map, you're using information to find the best treasure out there!

Good luck on your cryptocurrency treasure hunt! Remember to stay curious, ask lots of questions, and always keep learning. You've got this! 🚀💰🔍

I would be frank with you I have not actively went out to research on tokens but I would not say that they are completely a scam. But if for some reason I was to research on token or projects to join I would first look at.
+ People's review on the token.
+ The team (especially their previous work)
+ How realistic is the white paper, usecase.
+ Which network does the token run on
+ How long is taking for the presale to end and it to launch.

You will read many positive reviews and your mind will be affected. It's good if you read many negative reviews on a token and stay away from it but in a bull run, it is not common review you will see.

I agree.

White papers usually are full of promises and polished roadmap points which can be failed to achieve in future.

Projects can move from one chain to another chain, to join a chain trend but it does not make a bad project becoming a good project.

It is related to their token unlock, tokenomics and selling pressure from their investors.

Check token unlocks
https://vestlab.io/
https://token.unlocks.app/
https://www.team.finance/

I don't stress myself any longer.

In the past I will go through coinmarketcap and start looking into the newly added projects, check their tokenomics and white paper, look into the fund the project have raised in other to survive in a possible bear market, but now it's different.

So far I look back into the past and I noticed that all projects that Binance invested into did amazingly well, so why not invest in projects that Binance is well invested into? So I use cryptorank.io to look into projects that Binance is presently invested into and do some few researches before picking my choices.

Herr are few projects that Binance Lab have invested on.

Aptos, Sui, Celestia, and other good new altcoins.

The first thing I check when assessing a project is its team, its developers. Are they real people? Have they received any negative reviews before? That's the most important aspect for me. Next is their partners. Are they reputable and well-established? Do they have sufficient resources to support the project? Just these two factors help me eliminate most scam projects from the list.

First of all we have to determine if the project is a scam or not.

This one requires extra observation because some may appear legit but they aren’t really. Look at the developers and pay attention to names or other details they present. Their goals is one thing I pay a lot of attention to. It has to be positive yet still realistic. If they are displaying too good to be true numbers, high chances that that is a scam.

With older projects, I look at marketcap and activity of the market. You wouldn’t want to invest in a deadcoin. Deadcoins can be confused for a coin that is still cheap and has a potential to grow. I then check what kind of promotion does the developers do and see if it has any potential to accumulate interest over time.

The most important thing i look for in a project is its utility, what problem does it solve, for example, Bitcoin solves the problem of censorship in people's finances, it is a coin that is censorship free and it is also decentralized. If the coin or token has no utility, you should stay away from it, forget about the hype or its price at that very time, because it is only utility that can sustain a project for the long term.

Mind you that so many developers lie about what their project offers, take your time to ensure they are working on something unique and not just fake promises.

looking at the richlist was once a very good way to look at whether the token could be good or not. I'm sure you can figure out how to check the smart contract on the explorer.

during the ICOs time, we usually check the team and its background. it was a good way to see whether they are scams by the way because some teams are faking their profiles.

There are several things i want to look at, like tokenomics, distribution, vesting period and initial sale price, inflation rate and marketcap. List of red flags i will be looking for is too long to list, as i would probably forgot to list lots of them, and since it's based on years of experience. If the team is not anonymous, i will take a deep dive about every member, and make sure they have a place in that company, other than hanging around and some crappy marketing.

If marketcap is low enough and potential high. I might overlook other fundamentals. And i've made money with utter trash and projects that later rugged everyone. But the autist in me doesn't invest in anything where devs are obviously lying. They can be stupid and funny, and selling pointles meme tokens, and that's fine with me. It's just lying or incompetence that they are trying to hide by lying that gets to me and i open my mouthn and get banned from their chats for "fud"

Here is one of the thread : Step by step in " DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5448252.0)  which explains what you are asking but in general there is no particular fixed criteria to find whether the project is scam or not, will it grow or not, etc. It is a combination of multiple factors such as the project's potential and the time of its launch, how much the team is willing to push the project to reach to build the community.

From my opinion, if the foundation is weak then the coin is definitely weak, looking at the source matters a lot and if a coin is not genuine you'll know from the community, I hardly believe in review cause most review are false I will rather observe carefully for awhile first like how far has this project gone. Check if the project is making any success or loss by calculating cause I believe every inform concerning a coin must not be hidden like the marketcap, price etc. Researching can be difficult but not all investors are ready to pass through same stress so they go easy and trusted coin.

hmm, I check if the team is dedicated to the project or not i mean if i see the team is working actively on the project Ecosystem and collaborating with other strong ecosystem projects so it gives me the indication that the project can perform well in the coming time well we know that not every project have all the qualities we all want somehow they contain some cons as well but in my opinion, if the project ecosystem has strong use case which means the pros can overcome its cons then in my personal point of view project can perform well.

I do not use any tools I use Coingecko and CoinMarkerCap kind of sources for doing project research and if I feel the project can perform well in the coming days I put some amount in it that I can bear i the form of loss and if luck stays my sides then it makes me profit. Investing in any project is the very picky part that should be done after good research so invest in any project accordingly and always do risk management which is the most important point to keep in mind. DYOR!\

     First, look at his whitepaper to see what is there in the Coins or tokens that you are interested in, then look at his tokenomics to find out the total supply, price and so on, in this way at least you will be able to see and know the use case of token why you need to buy it.

     most people often use coingecko, or coinmarketcap, because of this you will even have an idea about the coins you know and many others will know about this matter as well, then you should also know its contract address so you can see its supply there.

The market is designated to go against our plans in the system. There are different techniques to implement in the system, just don't stop earning because it's important to be on the winning ends, showing evidence of years of immense hardwork. We can be doing the usual findings, more like scratching the surface, we need to stack up this racks. We have different patterns of making crucial research in the system and I will not relent because we can continue making thoroughly findings regarding new projects in the market.

When it comes to determining whether a coin or token is genuine, there are a few things you can do first research the project and team behind the coin. Next look at the community around the coin. You can check the developers to see if there are good developers and regular updates this can be a good indication of the validity of the coin. You can also check if the currency is listed on a reputable exchange. Established exchanges usually have strict listing requirements and do due diligence before adding a coin to their platform.

CMC and Coingeko are two prime tools for that but it is really hard to know about new project only by these 2 platform as there are 100 of token launches every day. So i usually follow some of the influencers to get information about new project. Then i go to those platform to do more research about it and if i think that is a good project i put it in my portfolio. When the time comes and a token gets listed in a exchange and price reaches my desired price, i purchase it and move that asset into my non custodial wallet.

I have stopped researching about any token or coin for some time now. They do not make any difference anymore in the current market what I do now is to find the narrative then I do check the trends and how much hype that narrative has in the present and the future. Depending on these criteria I would find coins and check their performance in price point and then plan on investing in one or two of them.

Everyone has their own way of making research,I think the Best way to research a token/coin is:

_By Identifying  the token purpose
_Checking the maximum or current supply of the token
_And also by Checking what the media are saying about the token
_And also the market rank

This are some ways to research a token.

Your correct mate, most of those reviews can be bought or paid for by the developers of the coin, all in the name of capturing more investors into their coin. Hence, personal research is the best way to get a good token/altcoin for investment.even some shitcoins could have a very good and eye catching white paper with enticing words so believing entirely on white paper is not something I'll advise any person looking for the right altcoins to focus on. Though it's very important that you read the white paper to give clear insight why the developers made the coin and what are their purpose but that shouldn't be the only criteria to searching for a good altcoin to invest in.

altcoin season preparations may be happening so it is important to see which altcoins can give us a big gain.
Narrative analysis is good enough to see the hype that will occur in the market, but you need fundamental and technical support to look at a project to be aligned and provide great benefits to us as investors, because the narrative is only calculated in outline, I think your decision to stop analyzing it is a decision that is less place in looking for altcoins that have a chance of increasing prices, you only need to add narrative analysis as a complement to your research tools to be much more correct when looking at a token or altcoin.

Looking for assets for a good investment is a difficult step for those learning to invest. because there are so many assets, and there is so much movement in the market. For beginners, most of them will just follow the patterns that occur in the market. They don't even see the long-term plans for the projects they choose.
Surely you have experienced times like that when following market trends seems better than having difficulty finding assets to buy. Choose the one that is going down, it will go up later. Simple thoughts like that often appeared in the past when you were still a beginner.

There is no need for a link, my friend, all that is important is for you to know that there is a new listing by exchanges or presales. Of course, exchanges are popular, you can follow any of the top ones. As for the new listings, if you are conversant with online crypto handles and news outlets like coindesk.com, you may know, because they are not always coming out in the same way or format. And of course, the social media handles they use cannot be the same because it is not the same brains behind them in most cases, which makes it somewhat difficult to know. Just be active on crypto news and channels, you might probably get the gist somehow. Even the feeds of some exchanges are good suggestions here, they like to gossip a lot to our advantage.

After locating the project, let me warn you that you are on your own at this point as any presale project could be a potential scam or real project, and no one knows this at first. But when they list it newly on exchanges, then you are better off. You should now weigh the project itself (by then you would have known everything about the website and the social media handles), the community size they have, the current price, the demand and supply, the blockchain they list it, how many projects are already available on that blockchain and many more. All these should be good enough for you to make an informed decision.

You may also use coinmarketcap.com for some information, especially for the demand and supply (inflow and outflow you requested).

As far as altcoins go, research is very important and it's even more important to know how to carry out the research to minimize or avoid the chances of investing in a scam project, I've added some feathers to my cap with some research tips that have been shared in this thread. One basic research that I make is what you've emphasized, the developer team, they're the ones that puts the project in place, so when you research them, you might understand if they've been involved in legit projects. Although it's not all altcoins that needs to be researched, example are top altcoins like Ethereum, BNB and Solana, they've gained reputations in the crypto market.

I have this method of trying things out. No matter what anyone says, you can't know until you try it. I researched TFS and tried staking on payitform and it turned out to be much more profitable than token trading

Most of the investors that are researching about new tokens or cryptocurrencies in the market are looking mainly first with the team or developers. One single person that's part of the team that has a bad history is already a bad sign that the project won't do good. But it's not always the case because the team can just remove that guy if it's not being liked by most of its investors and it can be done through consensus of the project.

But when you try it and then you lost your money with that project, you can't retrieve it anymore. You can recover but in some other ways and not with that failed project you invested in.

Yes, this is one of the main things that i do look also when trying out to invest on presales on which trying out to know about its devs/owner/team on which checking out if there are someone whose really have that
bad record when it comes to scams or failed projects on which if theres one then this would really be signifying that this one wont really do any good. Although even if you arent been able to see someone who do have those bad records but doesnt mean that it would really be a successful one on which there would really be no assurance and this is why it is really just that one of the steps that you would really be needing to check out.
Not all would really be having that kind of steps been made on checking out a new project and in towards into those people behind it but of course you would also be checking its relevance and utility
and some mix of community hype which it would be causing up that potential or likely to succeed.

Not all are going to be successful even if they don't have someone who's got a bad record. You'll never know on how they're goin to act on it when they're already working on the project.
Most progress can be seen by anyone and it's up to the investor on how wide his scope for his research but it should be combined with a lot of factors that you can rely on because not everything is on the research about the team but it's a good initiation to start from there and just follow it up with other factors that you might want to check as well.

If you want to search for a token and know if it worth investing, you can always search in Coinmarketcap so it more information about the project. We are in the bull market now and we should not waste time investing and project that has already been in the market with good portfolio. If you know you don't understand the market like that, it will be best for us to avoid new projects because that xoukd cause a lot of damages if the project launched and stayed for few days before crashing out.

What i could say is that in as much as the level of you your research and analysis it always advisable never to invest more than what you can afford to loss. Another important thing to look out for is the real life problems that the project is providing solutions to. Some time projects that has so much offer end up being a scam. However a newbie should be more comfortable with an old projects than the new ones.

In fact, I'm not hunting for new coins, so when looking for coins that I want to invest in, I will focus more on the top altcoins that are based on data such as Coin market cap or coin gecko. Yes, of course based on things like: supply and demand tokens, circulating supply, trading volume, market up and down, ATH, recent price, exchange listing coins, and several other things. Including how the project carries out the development of their project so that the coin can truly survive and actually stand out very well in the market. So there is no need to doubt whether anyone wants to enter this coin in any era.

But, when it relates to  new token or coin, I  will not really think too much. because whatever the research, commonly it will be still high risk to enter into the new token, not yet listed in any exchange. And this is not kind of for me, low-risk taker.

There are numerous things to look out for when carrying out research. Some key areas are as follows:

Check the team members and confirm if they are real people, then check their reputation, integrity and history of involvement in similar projects. Were they successful in previous projects? Check if the coin is listed or not? If the coin or token is yet to be listed, then you have to dig deeper especially on the project goal and team members.

In my opinion, coins or tokens listed on reputable exchanges like Binance, Kucoin, etc. gain more trust since the exchanges themselves are likely to have performed some research/background check before accepting the coin or token for listing. Be careful with coins that are yet to be listed on CEX, you will need to dig deeper to find out more details especially as regards the team members. Be on the alert for Coins that have no plans to  list on Centralized exchanges, they may have liquidity issues, and other problems you are yet to know. Check that you are interacting with the correct contract address of the token. Remember to invest only the amount you can afford to loose.

I basically do very little research on new tokens or coins. It is true that a lot of research should be done on a token or coin before investing if the coin is new. At first I used to follow youtube for new coin or token research. One thing I noticed in all the crypto related videos especially about new token or coin research is that all the crypto videos have spam comments. However, in most cases the new token or coin projects will be dusty in the future, but it is possible to be successful in the future by choosing a new project with the most accurate research. I always keep my investments in the top coins so that I have less fear of losing money in the future.

There should be different degrees for your research, at first you should only do a superficial investigation of the coins in which you are interested, this way you can discard most coins relatively quickly and only leave behind the few coins which pass that test, once you have done this then you can engage in a more comprehensive research which takes into account many more factors, and if a few coins are still left after this then you can consider to invest in them.

YouTube is the worst place to do your research if you are willing to invest in a project. After all, most videos that you will find about it will be paid ones even if they are from content creators who have a lot of subscribers because projects contact them and pay them money to make videos about their project for promotional purposes, and if you see someone on YouTube praising a certain cryptocurrency before it's launch, know that he has been paid to do that.

Your research should be done from the material available about the project or the cryptocurrency. The website should contain everything you need for your research including the whitepaper, information about the team, the vision of the project, social handles, and everything else.

While making a research on a new Coin to buy, first check on coinmarketcap or coin gecko to see the previous history price increase or decrease and next is 24hrs trading volume and check Smart contract total supply and exchange listed that is very important and finally check on the telegram group or Twitter handle if the team and community are still effective and finally is to take notes of my entry point of buying, because entry point determine the profit return investment after a certain period of time of holding. These my strategy of investing in most new coin on my research.

If you want to double your profits then enter early with funds that are already prepared to be lost. This is an opportunity to get a cheaper price before the MC is bigger.  now there are many new memecoins with low MC and when it comes in well then if it is profitable it is better to come out. Making money the easy way but also at risk of losing it all. This is their choice and is not recommended for those who are not prepared to lose.

There are lot of criteria for that and everyone might use different criteria to make investigation and rating. As I have been thought from different sources, one can use the following measures to find a god project.

• Community support

Which of the forum is supporting the project. If the project is supported by a reputable community then the project is good to invest.

• Popularity

How many people are using the coin. If the population is not much don't invest in it.

• And the Rating of the coin

is the project listed in any centralized and decentralized exchanges? If not you have to wait until the project is listed any of the exchanges so that you can trade with it. And if you didn't find any of the above and you investing in the project then you are risking your funds in that project because it might.turn to Ponzi Scheme for you. Be careful with your investment.

And then people wonder how is it possible they got scammed, anyone that is looking for information that could help them improve their financial future on youtube is asking for trouble, as the majority of the content you can find there is created with the intention of trying to make you invest in a particular coin, so most of the stuff you will read there is favorable towards most coins, and if the information there was to be believed then we will have hundreds of projects which are just as good as bitcoin released every year, and since we know this is not true, we can disregard everything that we read there as completely useless information.

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The way I do my research is to follow some big handles on twitter that's talking about the project that I have interest in. I observe the things that they're using to try to promote the project then I research more on those things with the trending hashtags of the project. It might be their token name or project name to see what others are taking about the project on X. After I get a satisfying answer that the investors are genuine investors and not shillers then I look at their token distribution.

Before investing into a project, always look at the way the tokens are distribution so you don't invest into a project that the teams is holding most of the tokens and they can dump them on the market when they feel like and exit the market without having any punishment for their scamming actions. If a majority of the tokens aren't circulating, I'll avoid investing in that particular project and look for a better token.

Why do these topics of threads keep on giving the wrong idea, lol? It really did sound like you were going to give us research tips.

I think it's important the OP gives his/her opinion before asking the forum. That way we get your POV, cause this information is literally on the internet and on the forum. So, let it be that you know a little bit before waiting for people's comments. Anyways, I think one of the best research tips would be checking out listed coins on exchanges and comparing prices, that way you know which is more valuable. Checking out the fluctuation rates and how they increase and decrease is also very important.

I don't use any tools to find out about altcoins because I don't find out about any crypto, and actually this forum can be used well to find potential crypto, because even though there are many scammers on this forum, there are more trusted forum members who will provide His assessment is regarding the coin that we want to know about and the member's assessment is quite good without taking any profit at all, for example because he hopes that the coin will get a pump because he assesses the coin as good.
You can use social media but actually there are no 100% correct criteria for assessing a coin because today the coin can be good but not in the long term because it will depend on the developer.

There are different methods of making thorough research regarding these projects. Spotting out a potential coin will not take that lengthy stress, simply follow a crypto community that posts links and good projects to invest, that's simple. We should be careful when dealing with the system, there more basic necessities we're not aware of and it's our ultimate objective to pick acquaintance with the inflow and outflow of these crypto projects. There are scammers in the system but we should be extremely careful when dealing with the market.