Ways to Research a Token/Coin

[jrrsparkles]

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?

Here is one of the thread : Step by step in " DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH"  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.

[Miles2006]

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.

[Hamza2424]

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?

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!\

[Ben Barubal]

     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.

[Belarge]

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.

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.

[Volimack]

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.

[Sophokles]

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.

[Bureau]

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.

[Kristiyana]

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.

[Makus]

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.

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.

[bangjoe]

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.

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.

[deathcode]

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.

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.

[EarnOnVictor]

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?

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).

[Kelward]

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

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.

[VFalcon]

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

[batang_bitcoin]

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.

I have this method of trying things out. No matter what anyone says, you can't know until you try it.

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.

[dunfida]

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.

I have this method of trying things out. No matter what anyone says, you can't know until you try it.

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.

[batang_bitcoin]

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.

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.

[Bushdark]

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?

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.

[Tmoonz]

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.