Author: Inna Golovacheva, crypto lie detector with a function for auto-dumping shitcoins.
You enter the site. Everything is beautiful. Animations, tokenomics, pools, stickers in Telegram. In the background - a flying bear with a loot box, and in your head - the question: "Is this Web3 or another trap for gullible crypto enthusiasts who believe in a fair airdrop?"
Here’s a step-by-step express test on how to recognize a fake project and not fall into a crypto anus.
🧠 Step 1: "Show me the team, bro"
If the website's Team section only has names without photos - it's suspicious. There are photos, but checking Google shows an account "Vika Artyomova. Tarot Reading". No faces, only avatars from Midjourney - which means they don't exist in real life.
Web3 does not equal faceless ghosts. Cool projects are always open: Twitter, LinkedIn, AMA, even photos from meetups with beer.
🔍 Step 2: GitHub or GitGone? For a normal Web3 project:
✅ There is a repository.
✅ There are commits.
✅ There is activity (and not "last update - July 2021").
✅ Not hidden behind "Private".
Fake projects pretend to write code. Good projects write code and even show it.
🧾 Step 3: Whitepaper or toilet paper?
Real whitepaper:
- not written in Canva;
- explains the mechanics, economics, technologies;
- does not consist of 6 pages of memes and the word "decentralized".
The principle is simple: if you read the entire whitepaper and still don't understand what the token will do - run.
📈 Bonus check: tokenomics or pyramid:
1. Is there vesting for the team?
2. What share do investors have?
3. What percentage goes to the "community" (and who really is this "community")?
4. Is the liquidity pool locked or like a chicken without a lock?
5. If 80% of the tokens are with the "project advisors" and "all the CEO's friends" - you are on the edge of a cliff.
🌐 And finally: website, social networks, nonsense.
On the site "DeFi revolution for AI gaming metaverse liquidity" - the phrase means nothing. It's like "a salad of words", not a project. The Telegram chat has 12 participants, of which 9 are bots. Discord died before the release. Twitter - reposts from Elon Musk, zero likes. This is not Web3. This is fake3.
🛡️ Final touch
3 minutes - 3 filters.
1. Who? team, individuals, social networks.
2. What? product, code, mechanics.
3. Why? tokenomics, motivation, growth.
If at least one fails - don't go there.
Don't just be a user, be a crypto sommelier. In a world where 100 new shitcoins are born every day, your fork in the socket is attention and critical thinking, and if you doubt, just ask: "Why am I even getting into this?" (and just go breathe)
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