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				2			2
B		5	2	8		1	16
C	5	12	17	58		3	95
Start		14	28	185	1	12	240
Stub			4	57	1	4	66
List		2	4	2			8
Category		1	4		19		24
Disambig					1		1
File					2		2
Project					7		7
Template		2	1		6		9
NA				4	31		35
Other					128		128
Assessed	5	36	60	316	196	20	633
Unassessed						1	1
Total	5	36	60	316	196	21	634
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 2,028			Ω = 4.84

See Category:WikiProject Cryptocurrency articles for a list of all 666 articles and pages currently tracked by this project.

See Category:WikiProject Cryptocurrency for more information.

Article Alerts (watch)

Did you know

• 21 Nov 2022 – Caroline Ellison (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Molochmeditates (t · c); see discussion
• 20 Nov 2022 – Mark Wetjen (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Thriley (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 29 Jan 2023 – Bryan Legend (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ohnoitsjamie (t · c); see discussion (12 participants)
• 24 Jan 2023 – Eloisa Marchesoni (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Jfire (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
• 23 Jan 2023 – Wong Wai Hung (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mccapra (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
• 07 Jan 2023 – Mani Thawani (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CarlosEduardoPA (t · c); see discussion (11 participants; relisted)
• 19 Jan 2023 – Fantom (smart contract platform) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by 331dot (t · c) was closed as delete by Randykitty (t · c) on 26 Jan 2023; see discussion (4 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 21 Jan 2023 – Eloisa Marchesoni (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Meszzy2 (t · c) and endorsed by Jfire (t · c) on 22 Jan 2023 was deproded by Dictations (t · c) (author) on 24 Jan 2023

Miscellany for deletion

• 18 Jan 2023 – Draft:Johnson Yeh (talk · edit · hist) MfDed by Orangemike (t · c) was closed as keep by Salvio giuliano (t · c) on 26 Jan 2023; see discussion

Articles to be split

• 21 Dec 2021 – Cryptography (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Oct 2020 – University of Nicosia (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 17 Jan 2023 – Draft:Bobby C. Lee (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by NeoWDs (t · c)
• 14 Dec 2022 – Draft:Streamr Network (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Neterned (t · c)
• 07 Dec 2022 – Draft:Dapper Labs (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by You play to win the game (t · c)
• 04 Dec 2022 – Draft:Quantum Resistant Ledger (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 213.134.173.195 (t · c)
• 01 Dec 2022 – Draft:Hackatao (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Nineteen171 (t · c)
• 27 Nov 2022 – Draft:Mara (technology company) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ghostfishing (t · c)
• 22 Dec 2022 – Draft:Crypto 2.0 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Aurnab 2010 (t · c) was declined by BuySomeApples (t · c) on 24 Jan 2023

• 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.
• GR86 (📱) 18:47, 7 October 2022 (UTC) Only just recently started contributing in this space, I will mainly be increasing the quality of existing articles and including sources where they seem to be lacking.

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 he/she 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.
• Bybit - one of the biggest crypto derivatives exchange
• 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.

Drafts/Articles needing improvement

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

• CertiK - one of the largest cryptocurrency auditor and blockchain security companies. currently a stub
• IQ.Wiki - section Everipedia#Content_and_users outdated

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