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I’m trying to move beyond just following hype on Twitter and YouTube and actually want to learn how to research crypto projects properly—especially early-stage tokens, meme-coins, or even L1/L2 ecosystems.

The problem is, most of the serious research tools people mention are behind paywalls, and I’m not ready to invest that much yet.

I’ve seen people talk about things like:

  • On-chain analysis

  • Wallet tracking

  • Community sentiment

  • Developer activity

  • Tokenomics breakdowns

But honestly, I’m not sure what’s realistic to do for free, or what tools to trust. Also, I keep hearing terms like “narratives” and “early signals,” but how do you actually identify those in a consistent way?

Would appreciate if anyone could break down:

  • What your personal research flow looks like (even a rough idea)?

  • Any genuinely useful free tools or dashboards?

  • How you separate noise from real opportunity?

Not looking for shortcuts just trying to learn how people actually build conviction before buying into a project.

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So, my short answer to you is: Don't.

After my time in the crypto industry, paid to help develop a distributed exchange, there are three types of people who are involved in the industry.

1. True believers, who think they're going to change the world through an anonymous, zero-trust, scalable method of making payments.* Most of my coworkers fell into this category. They're young, hard-working, and just bright enough to be capable but not bright enough to really understand the underlying mathematics.**

2. Mercs. People (like me) who were just trying to make a buck.

3. Con artists. These are the people who make all the money in the industry, and they do so by feeding off of the other two groups.

*You can have at most two of these. All three is mathematically impossible. 

**Actual cryptography researchers laugh at the crypto industry.

 

So based on what you're saying here, you're in category two, and about to send a lot of money to folks in category 3.

The best way to make money is, as always, by selling shovels to the gold-diggers. But you might not have the moral flexibility needed to really take advantage of those people.

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12 hours ago, Luke Henry said:

I’m trying to move beyond just following hype on Twitter and YouTube and actually want to learn how to research crypto projects properly—especially early-stage tokens, meme-coins, or even L1/L2 ecosystems.

The problem is, most of the serious research tools people mention are behind paywalls, and I’m not ready to invest that much yet.

I’ve seen people talk about things like:

  • On-chain analysis

  • Wallet tracking

  • Community sentiment

  • Developer activity

  • Tokenomics breakdowns

But honestly, I’m not sure what’s realistic to do for free, or what tools to trust. Also, I keep hearing terms like “narratives” and “early signals,” but how do you actually identify those in a consistent way?

Would appreciate if anyone could break down:

  • What your personal research flow looks like (even a rough idea)?

  • Any genuinely useful free tools or dashboards?

  • How you separate noise from real opportunity?

Not looking for shortcuts just trying to learn how people actually build conviction before buying into a project.

1st post, seems legit. Maybe tell us your other handle first. 

About once a month, I get email submissions through my business where college kids working on graduate papers send a huge list of email "asks" that involve hours of work to compile, and took me decade(s) of experience to learn and understand for help with their "research papers."

This feels like that. 

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