Editorial Policy

Scope

This policy covers everything on this site and in our videos: the burn trackers, research articles, guides, exchange reviews and referral pages. The trackers come first. Research and guides are built on their data and follow the same rules for numbers. How the trackers calculate their totals is set out in the methodology.

Sources

Every figure we publish comes from one of our trackers, quoted with its “as of” time, or from a primary source we link to: blockchain records, a protocol’s specification, or a project’s official documentation, with the date we read it.

We don’t take figures from news articles, aggregators, social posts or other burn trackers. They can point us to something worth checking, and that’s all. Market prices come from CoinGecko and are only used to put a dollar value on tokens.

What counts as a burn

We count a burn when tokens are removed for good and we can verify it on-chain or in official provider data. In practice that means one of two things: the tokens were sent to an address no one can spend from, or the protocol destroyed them under its own rule, like Ethereum’s base fee.

These are not burns, and we don’t describe them as burns:

• tokens moved to a treasury, reserve or company wallet
• tokens that are locked, staked or vesting, even for years
• a buyback, until the tokens bought are destroyed
• coins believed lost, because a lost key can’t be proven

Locked tokens are counted only when they sit at an address no one can ever spend from, as with the permanently locked UNI, ASTER, BNB and CAKE. Tokens in a time-lock or a treasury are never counted.

When a project calls something a burn and it doesn’t meet this test, we say so.

Presenting numbers

A correct number can still mislead. These rules apply to every figure we show, write or say.

We only call a token deflationary if its supply fell over a stated period. Figures in articles and videos match the tracker and are rounded the same way. Estimates, scenarios and illustrative examples are labelled as such. We quote a tracker only while its status is operational; coverage dates, gaps and status are shown on each tracker and explained in the methodology.

Prices and advice

A burn total alone can’t tell you what the remaining tokens will be worth.

We report what was destroyed and what that did to supply. We don’t predict prices, and we never say or suggest that a burn will make a token go up. Nothing we publish is financial advice.

Research and guides

Research articles are built on tracker data. Each one explains its method, says what the data can’t show and deals with the most common misreading. It also tells readers how to check the main figures themselves: which explorer, which transaction, which document.

Guides explain a topic from the beginning, with neutral examples, and define each term the first time it comes up. Concept guides carry no referral links. Exchange guides are the one exception, under the rules in Referral links.

Every article shows when it was first published and last updated and, when it quotes tracker data, the date that data was taken. Anything time-sensitive is checked against its source again on the day we publish.

Independence

Nobody can pay us to track a token, change a total, appear in research or get a better rating. Projects can send us information, and we use it once we’ve checked it against on-chain records or official documentation. Commercial relationships have no say over the trackers, rankings, the methodology or research conclusions.

Referral links

A referral link pays us a commission when someone signs up with an exchange. They never appear on pages whose job is the data.

If we track a token issued by a company we have a referral deal with, its tracker page says so, and still carries no link. On pages that do carry referral links:

• An exchange guide covers every exchange that fits its topic, with or without a deal, and orders them by the data, never by commission.
• Burn figures follow the same rules as everywhere else. For a token we don’t track yet, they come from the exchange’s official reports or on-chain records, and we say so. Once we add a tracker for it, the page uses the tracker’s figures.
• A link never sits inside a burn figure, chart or table.
• The page says at the top that it contains referral links, and each link is marked where it appears.
• Eligibility, regional restrictions and offer terms are shown next to the link.
• We don’t present a burn as a reason to buy a token or open an account.

Reviews

Every exchange review uses the same criteria: fees, security controls, products, restrictions, support and usability. Limitations get as much space as strengths. Referral pages explain who is eligible and what the offer’s conditions are. A bigger commission never buys a better rating, or a quieter mention of a restriction. More in our affiliate disclosure.

Holdings

Writers disclose any holding in a token that is the main subject of their article, and they don’t trade that token around their own publications.

Software and AI

The trackers are software. They calculate totals from on-chain and official data, following the methodology. We also use AI tools to help draft, check and narrate some articles and videos, including the voice in our videos. A person checks every figure against its source and reviews every piece before it goes out.

Corrections

On a data site, a wrong number is always a material error.

Tracker totals are recalculated when a source revises its data, a chain reorganises, a duplicate turns up or a record is reclassified. The methodology explains how.

Each article ends with a corrections and updates note. When we fix a figure, source or classification, that note says what changed, when, and whether the conclusion changed. For videos, the correction goes in the description. Typos are fixed without a note.

If you find an error, tell us through our contact page, with a link to the source if you have one.