Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptocurrency

Welcome to WikiProject Cryptocurrency, a WikiProject dedicated towards improving cryptocurrency-related articles on Wikipedia. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of cryptocurrencies and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please add yourself as a participant in the project, inquire on the talk page, and see the to-do list.

Goals

The goal of this WikiProject is to improve and create cryptocurrency articles on Wikipedia using proper sources and meeting Wikipedia guidelines. Everyone is welcome to join and we accept people on all sides of the diverse crypto+political spectrum.

Assessment

WikiProject Cryptocurrency looks to improve, create and maintain any article related to cryptocurrency. This includes individual cryptocurrencies, companies, organizations and people working with cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency history, and all technical aspects including cryptographic algorithms.

WikiProject Cryptocurrency articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA		1		3			4
B	1	7	2	10		1	21
C	4	11	26	65		9	115
Start		14	29	193		20	256
Stub			2	51		6	59
List		2	5	2			9
Category		1	4		21		26
Disambig					2		2
File					5		5
Project					9		9
Template		2	1		7		10
NA			5	30	37		72
Other				2	60		62
Assessed	5	38	74	356	141	36	650
Total	5	38	74	356	141	36	650
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 2,165			Ω = 4.76

See Category:WikiProject Cryptocurrency articles for a list of all 673 articles and pages currently tracked by this project.

See Category:WikiProject Cryptocurrency for more information.

Article Alerts (watch)

Articles for deletion

• 25 Apr 2024 – On-Demand Trading (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rydex64 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 24 Apr 2024 – Chris Maurice (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rydex64 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 14 Apr 2024 – Finvasia (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by CNMall41 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 21 Apr 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
• 30 Mar 2024 – 5ire (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by A412 (t · c) was closed as delete by Xymmax (t · c) on 21 Apr 2024; see discussion (13 participants; relisted)

Articles for creation

• 25 Apr 2024 – Draft:Leemon Baird (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Juanignacioibanez (t · c)
• 11 Apr 2024 – Draft:Kucoin (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ghostfishing (t · c)
• undated – Draft:NEAR Protocol (Blockchain Platform) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC

• 27 May 2021 - Draft:Bit4you has been submitted for AfC by Anna levcuk on 31 May 2021

Members

Interested in joining? Add yourself below to the list of members by signing with 4 tildes. Feel free to add information about your specialization or what you want to improve. If you know someone who would be interested in joining this WikiProject, leave them a message on their talk page.

• MarkZusab (talk) 15:17, 29 April 2018 (UTC) + founder of the WikiProject
• Xinbenlv (talk) 18:18, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
• Λυδαcιτγ 04:08, 3 July 2018 (UTC)
• David Gerard (talk) 12:03, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
• Scaur (talk) 4:51, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
• Feyd27 (talk) 23:32, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
• Dr-Bracket: Monitor and help newcomers (talk) 23:40, 25 November 2018 (UTC)
• TheExceptionCloaker (talk) 02:38, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
• Roll 3d6 (talk) 04:24, 29 March 2019 (UTC) Improve coverage of history from the 2008 to 2013 period
• 84percent (talk) 08:21, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
• Animunie marie (talk) 04:13, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
• Lhkg (talk) 16:43, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
• -Liance^{talk/contribs} 18:00, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
• Micah71381 (talk) 08:32, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
• Molochmeditates (talk) 23:23, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
• RichardJansma (talk) 21:09, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
• Levthecooldude666 (talk) 12:04, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
• Anselkamil (talk) 10:44, 30 June 2020 (PST)
• Frangthor (talk) 20:10, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
• GeraldWL 07:05, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
• Zullu~rowiki (talk) 12:10, 23 July 2020 (UTC) Improving articles on cryptocurrency topics
• JournalismResearch (talk) 16:14, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
• ^Hidden_{Lemon /}^{/ talk} 06:37, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
• PopCultureSuperHero (talk) 08:16, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
• CanadianOtaku ^{Talk Page} 02:33, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
• Dtetta (talk) 19:54, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
• GhostOfNoMeme (talk) 16:13, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
• Eincrat (talk) 12:26, 10 July 2021 (UTC) I am familiar with cryptocurrencies, but I don't qualify as an expert. I wrote the draft for Theta Network and noticed several other pages that need improvement. I am considering working on proof-of-stake next. I haven't joined one of these groups before so I am unfamiliar with the process.
• WaveRiderP (talk) 03:04 23 August 2021 (UTC)
• David Weild IV (talk) 07:08 23 October 2021 (UTC) I am an expert in Stock Market and coauthor of the U.S. JOBS 3.0 Act, but I am genuinely interested in developing and studying this section. Right now I am researching and gathering materials for Avalanche (I will create it on October or November, help me improve it please), Celo, Cashaa, Hempcoin etc.
• --Bormenthalchik82 (talk) 23:04, 8 December 2021 (UTC) Improving articles related to blockchain technology and FinTech
• A at Chainlink (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2022 (UTC) Interested in becoming a more regular contributor to relevant pages, particularly for DeFi and fintech topics.
• A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 07:59, 18 January 2022 (UTC) — Here to fight misinformation, tackle paid editing and canvassing, and improve the quality of financial/economic statements in crypcur pages
• Metaxolotl (talk) 13:59, 17 February 2022 (UTC) - Interested in conveying my knowledge and experience in the field to help people learn about the subject. I have experience in blockchains in general, CBDC, stablecoins, altcoins, etc. Reach out for contributions, very happy to help!
• AlchemistsFire (talk) 04:38, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
• MontrealChampion (talk) 17:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC) - here to make crypto finance easier to understand
• Bytesofman (talk) 17:31, 28 March 2022 (UTC) crypto web dev
• kencf0618 (talk) 14:56, 12 May 2022 (UTC) Wrote Helium (cryptocurrency)
• vysulo 02:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC) Mines Ethereum, has an ENS domain, owns NFTs, is involved in DeFi, and is a beginning Blockchain developer.
• Satoshi (talk) 22:53, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
• Nyuuposting (talk) 21:55, 18 June 2022 (UTC) I have spent a decent amount of time researching this and figure I could fact-check some things.
• Jamisonsupame (talk) 03:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC) mainly focus on current events right now in crypto and the stock market and not so much crypto history unless recent.
• Maxtongh (talk) 20:10, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
• Vishwasthakkar (talk) 09:46, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
• Volkye (talk) 12:56, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
• Treehorn 1991 (talk) 23:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC) Contributing to key articles concerning stablecoins.
• llllvvuu (talk) 21:19, 27 August 2022 (UTC) Creating technical articles about DeFi, cryptography, zero-knowledge, distributed consensus, etc.
• Hazardperry (talk) 23:33, 27 August 2022 (UTC) Creating and editing formal/technical articles about DeFi, mechanisms, consensus, and so on.
• Lethweimaster (talk) Lethweimaster (talk) 10:50, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
• WikiMythril (talk) 12:21, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
• JaggedHamster (talk) 14:28, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
• OnlyNano (talk) 18:26, 12 January 2024 (UTC) - Focusing on niche cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and Crypto-and-the-Web - Involved in crypto for 3 years, owner of several Unstoppable Domains, owns NFTs, created several DAPPs

Templates

Templates are an important part of Wikipedia and allow for easier communication and repetition of information. All of the templates used by the Cryptocurrency WikiProject can be found at WikiProject Cryptocurrency/templates. Here is the main template that is usually found on talk pages of topics pertaining to this wikiproject:

Banner

• {{WikiProject Cryptocurrency}}—used on talk pages to indicate that an article is part of WikiProject Cryptocurrency.

Userbox

• {{User WikiProject Cryptocurrency}}—placed on an editor's user page indicating that he/she is a member of WikiProject Cryptocurrency.

This user is a member of
WikiProject Cryptocurrency.

Topicon

• {{WikiProject Cryptocurrency topicon}}—topicon placed on an editor's user page indicating that the editor is a member of WikiProject Cryptocurrency.

Barnstar

• {{The Cryptocurrency Barnstar|put your message here ~~~~}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving Cryptocurrency-related articles.

		The Cryptocurrency Barnstar
		{{{1}}}

Requested Articles

Articles for creation

If you want to request a cryptocurrency article for creation please redlink it below.

• Bitpanda EcoSystem Token a.k.a. "BEST"
• Bytecoin - Cryptocurrency based on CryptoNote, claims to be the first one using it.
• VELAS (VLX) - Blockchain and cryptocurrency. Velas is the fastest EVM Blockchain enabling up to 75,000 transactions per second.
• Caizcoin - The first Islam-compliant cryptocurrency
• Nouns DAO - A page describing the Nouns NFT project DAO. The article was already created but was deleted as non-notable
• PancakeSwap - Biggest DEX on the Binance Smart Chain.
• Boba Network - First multi-chain Layer 2 scaling solution, active on Ethereum, Moonbeam, Avalanche, BNB Chain.
• Bitget - Top 10 exchange in CoinMarketCap ranking
• Spacebit - UK aerospace company
• KuCoin - Top 10 in CoinMarketCap ranking
• Unstoppable Domains - reputable identity service, similar to ENS
• HTX - Top 10 in CoinMarketCap ranking

Drafts/Articles needing improvement

If you want to request a cryptocurrency article for improvement please it below.

• IQ.Wiki - section Everipedia#Content_and_users outdated
• XCOPY (artist) - various sourcing/content issues, see Talk:XCOPY (artist)
• Giveth - Promotional tone, sourcing isn't great.
• Nano (cryptocurrency) - Could do for some extending of the history (transition from RaiBlocks to Nano) and fork section (for forks such as Banano which are closely connected to Nano)

To-Do

• Recruit members interested in cryptocurrency for the WikiProject
• Expand and add references to drafts of cryptocurrency articles (Category:Draft-Class WikiProject Cryptocurrency articles)

Resources

• Wikipedia:General sanctions/Blockchain and cryptocurrencies