Editorial Independence
Blokaro operates with complete editorial independence. We accept no payment, sponsorship, or advertising from any cryptocurrency project, exchange, investment fund, or related entity.
Our editorial team selects what to cover, how to frame analysis, and what severity ratings to assign without any commercial consideration. No project can pay to improve its rating, request removal of critical analysis, or influence how it is presented on this platform.
If a project contacts us to dispute an assessment, we evaluate the evidence they present on its merits — but the final editorial decision rests entirely with our team.
Market Data — Sources & Freshness
All live price, market cap, volume, and supply data is sourced from verified third-party market data providers and updated continuously via automated cron jobs:
| Source | Data Type | Refresh Rate | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoinGecko API | Prices, market cap, volume, supply, ATH/ATL, coin metadata | Every 60 seconds | Live |
| CoinGecko (historical) | OHLCV price history | Daily at 02:00 UTC | Live |
| CryptoPanic API | News aggregation | Every 15 minutes | Live |
| Editorial team | Ownership data, analysis, severity ratings | Manual — on publication | Live |
Data validation
Automated integrity checks run on each data ingestion cycle. Prices that deviate more than 20% from the previous reading in a single cycle are flagged for review before display. We do not display unvalidated data.
All raw API responses are cached in our database with timestamps. If a third-party API is unavailable, we serve the most recently cached data and display its age clearly.
Encyclopedia Research Process
Every encyclopedia entry follows a structured research process before publication:
Inclusion criteria
Editorial Severity Ratings
Our editorial team assigns severity ratings to specific findings or characteristics of an asset. These are editorial opinions based on available evidence — not investment ratings.
Ratings apply to specific identified findings, not to the asset overall. An asset can have both positive and critical findings simultaneously. All ratings include the evidence or reasoning behind them.
Ownership Data
Wallet ownership and distribution data is sourced from:
- Public blockchain explorers (Etherscan, Blockchain.com, Solscan, etc.)
- Publicly disclosed institutional filings and announcements
- Known exchange cold wallet addresses from public disclosures
- Identified foundation, team, and investor lockup addresses from official documentation
Important caveats: Wallet ownership is often pseudonymous. We cannot always verify who controls a wallet — only its balance and transaction history. Where ownership is estimated or inferred rather than directly evidenced, we note this clearly. We distinguish between on-chain verifiable data and attributed ownership.
Dead Coin Verdicts
Our Graveyard section documents defunct, failed, and fraudulent projects. Verdicts are based on a structured assessment:
- Exchange delisting: Removed from all major exchanges with no active DEX trading
- Developer abandonment: No GitHub commits in 12+ months, no official communications
- On-chain inactivity: No transactions or blocks produced in 180+ days
- Confirmed exit/fraud: Documented rug pull, exit scam, or regulatory action
- Network collapse: Death spiral, loss of peg with no recovery, or protocol failure
We distinguish between projects that simply failed (lack of adoption, poor execution) and those that were deliberately fraudulent. Both are documented, but the language differs accordingly.
Corrections Policy
When we get something wrong, we say so — clearly and promptly. Corrections are appended to the relevant entry with a timestamp noting what was changed and why. We do not quietly edit errors or delete content to hide inaccuracies. The original incorrect claim and the correction are both preserved in the editorial record.
To report an error or factual inaccuracy: contact us with your evidence. We review every submission. If the correction is upheld, we publish it within 5 business days.
Known Limitations
We believe in being transparent about what we don't know and can't verify:
- Wallet attribution is often estimated — we cannot confirm who controls a wallet without their disclosure
- Historical data for older or defunct coins may be incomplete due to exchange closures and lost records
- Dead coin verdicts reflect available evidence at time of assessment — a project could theoretically revive
- Market data from third-party APIs may contain errors or delays outside our control
- Planned project information relies on publicly available documentation that may change or prove inaccurate
- Our editorial team has finite capacity — not every coin receives the same depth of research
If you have primary source material that would improve an entry, we want to hear from you.