ChainRatedSource Rules
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What we need before a trader, a Telegram channel, or a scam report goes into the catalogue — and what counts as evidence for each.
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Adding a trader or a channel
A source reaches the catalogue one of two ways: a member points us to a public channel or trader they noticed, or the channel’s own operator asks to be listed. Both go into the same moderation queue, and neither creates a page by itself.
- We only add a Telegram channel we can read ourselves — a public handle our own fetch succeeds on, not a screenshot or a description of one. A handle we cannot open is refused before it reaches a moderator.
- A channel already in the catalogue is not a new listing, it is a claim — an owner request for one is redirected to claiming its existing page instead of creating a duplicate.
- A name that reads the same as a channel we already list is refused outright, to keep the catalogue from growing a page wearing somebody else’s name.
Being listed costs nothing and proves nothing by itself — it puts a source on our radar to read and replay. What moves a source from listed to Signal Verified, and the badges beyond that, is on the Verification Guidelines page.
Evidence for a review
Review a trader or a channel you have actually followed or paid for — not one you read about. A review carries the author’s reputation next to it, and the house rules for what gets held or removed are on the Site Rules page.
Evidence for a scam report
A scam report needs something we can check: a link, a screenshot, an on-chain transaction hash. An accusation with nothing to check against is not published.
- Verified Scam — we checked the submitted evidence ourselves and stand behind the report.
- Community Report — a reader’s report that a moderator read and published, not yet proven to our own standard.
We may amend or remove either kind of entry where the evidence turns out to be insufficient or inaccurate.