Evidence-based attention audits

Is that token's community real?

Evidence-based attention audits for tokens: who is actually talking, how much of it is manufactured, and whether the crowd survives contact with a spreadsheet. Answer in 72 hours, methodology fully public.

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Why this exists

Crypto proves almost everything. Proof of work settles who wrote a block, proof of stake settles who gets a vote, and anyone who cares to can check a transaction themselves. The one claim nobody verifies is the one every project leads with, that there are real people here.

Most social spikes are spam-heavy, and manufactured hype measurably underperforms. Absolute spam numbers mislead though, because some legitimate communities live in noisy neighborhoods and some clean-looking spikes are three accounts wearing a crowd costume. Telling them apart takes baselines, composition analysis, and decay signatures, not vibes.

I build and publish that analysis daily. An audit is the professional-depth version, run on the token you care about, with every claim backed by evidence you can check.

What the research behind it found

All findings are published, era-audited, and reproducible. Every audit shows its work. The research sits in 35 open-source projects, where the null results are written up as carefully as the findings.

What an audit covers

Composition

Spam share vs the token's own baseline, creator concentration, megaphone vs botnet vs broad-crowd patterns, contributor breadth.

History

Every attention spike in the token's history, classified. Decay and residue signatures: does attention compound or round-trip?

Campaign forensics

Fresh-wave timing, account concentration behind spikes, and cross-checks against known manufactured patterns.

Onchain corroboration

Did the conversation produce wallets? First-time holders per million interactions, measured across every deployment, on spike days versus ordinary ones. Two independent measurements pointing the same direction is the strongest evidence this method produces.

Source classification

Every spike gets a source: broad crowd, coordinated botnet, single megaphone, or institutional broadcast (exchange promos and alert feeds). Identical concentration numbers, completely different meanings.

The verdict

A written, evidence-first assessment: what the data supports, what it rules out, and what it can't determine. No adjectives without numbers.

How it works

Scope

You name the token and the question: pre-listing diligence, pre-investment check, or proof for your own community. Fixed price, fixed turnaround, no surprises.

Analysis

The full pipeline runs: baselines, spike history, composition, creator forensics. The same open-source methodology as the public work, at professional depth.

Report

A written report with every claim tied to evidence, plus a walkthrough call on Full Audits. You get the data files too: check my work.

Engagements

Pulse Check

$500
48-hour turnaround
  • Single token, current state
  • Full evidence pack (composition, baselines, current verdict)
  • One-page written assessment

Full Audit

$2,500
One week
  • Complete attention history, every spike classified
  • Creator and campaign forensics
  • 10+ page report and a walkthrough call
  • Suitable for listing applications and diligence files

Monitoring

$750
per month
  • Daily detector watch on your token
  • Alerts on fresh spam waves or concentration shifts
  • Monthly written report
The fee buys the audit, not the answer. I publish the verdict the data supports, including for paying clients. I don't audit tokens I hold, and I disclose the tools I'm paid to promote. If you want a clean bill of health regardless of the data, I'm the wrong vendor.

Request an audit

Request an audit

Tell me the token and the question you need answered. Fixed price, fixed turnaround, and a reply within one business day.

No obligation, and I'll tell you if an audit is the wrong tool for your question. Prefer a DM? @nickisanders on X or @degen3rette on Instagram.

Questions you'd reasonably ask

Can you tell me who is behind manufactured hype?

No, and I won't pretend to. The data measures amplification patterns: spam waves, account concentration, timing. Bot campaigns, coordinated advocacy, and algorithmic amplification can produce overlapping signatures. Reports state what the evidence supports and what it can't determine.

What if the audit comes back bad for our token?

Then that's what the report says, and you'll see exactly why: every claim ties to data. Many "bad" results are actually the chronic-baseline case: a noisy neighborhood, not fresh manufacturing, and the report distinguishes those. What I won't do is soften a verdict because the subject is paying.

An exchange ran a campaign on our token. Does that count against us?

No, it gets labeled and then separated out. Exchange marketing accounts and automated alert feeds can dominate a token's interaction counts without a single person forming an opinion, so an audit identifies those accounts, reports them as institutional broadcast rather than manufactured hype, and then shows what your organic conversation looks like with that volume removed. Useful in both directions: it explains inflated numbers, and it reveals the real community underneath them.

Where does the data come from?

Social and market data comes from LunarCrush's API, including their post-level spam classification, which my published backtests found carries real signal. I'm a LunarCrush affiliate and disclose that on everything. The analysis, calibration, and conclusions are my own.

Why should I trust the methodology?

Because it has a public track record: daily published verdicts, and research findings I stress-test in public, including the times my own headline claims didn't survive their audits. Every report ties each claim to evidence and includes a reproduction appendix, so you can verify the work you paid for.

Is this financial advice?

No. Audits describe conversation authenticity, not investment merit. A token can have a real community and a bad product, or manufactured hype and excellent technology.

Can you monitor our token for attacks on our reputation?

Yes, that's the Monitoring tier: if someone wash-hypes your token to make your community look botted, or a fresh spam wave rides your genuine announcement, you'll know with evidence in hand.

Who's behind this

Nicki Sanders: engineering leader and blockchain investigator. I publish daily hype-detection verdicts and stress-test my own findings in public, including the times they didn't survive. The track record is the pitch: follow the daily verdicts on X.