METHODOLOGY v3.2
How the score is built.
Every project is scored 0 to 100 across five weighted categories. The weights are public, the criteria are public, and nothing here can be bought.
The five categories
Legal & entity
Registration, named team, licensing, jurisdictional risk.
Security & audits
Audit recency and independence, bug bounty, multisig, incidents.
Operational track record
Uptime, governance, tenure, communication, incident response.
Financial transparency
Treasury visibility, token distribution and vesting, runway.
User outcomes
Loss history, documentation, support, honest disclosure.
The tiers
Certified85–100Highest tier
Verified70–84Strong fundamentals
Listed55–69Meets baseline
Provisional40–54Under observation