The AlfaDAO research library
Crypto research guides
Use these guides to check project claims, read on-chain activity, examine liquidity and DeFi risks, and keep track of your sources. The articles include original references, worked examples and questions the available evidence cannot answer.
Educational research methods, without recommendations to buy, sell or hold an asset. Crypto assets can lose all their value. Read the risk disclosure.
Research guides and articles
Research process
A crypto due diligence checklist for checking project claims
Build a reviewable crypto research note: identify the deployment, inspect permissions, reconcile documentation and record unresolved questions.
On-chain research
On-chain research basics: read the evidence behind a transaction
Learn a reproducible on-chain research workflow for networks, addresses, transactions, token transfers and the limits of wallet attribution.
Tokenomics
Tokenomics and unlocks: reconcile supply, schedules and claims
Read token allocation and vesting information carefully, distinguish scheduled unlocks from transfers and record assumptions without making price predictions.
DeFi market structure
DEX liquidity, price impact and slippage
Research DEX liquidity, price impact, slippage limits and routing with a worked constant-product example and a reproducible quote checklist.
DeFi risk research
DeFi yield research: sources, costs and risks
A DeFi yield checklist covering interest, incentives, withdrawals, collateral and oracles, with a hypothetical calculation and the losses it leaves out.
DAO governance
DAO governance due diligence: trace the real authority
Review DAO voting power, proposal payloads, timelocks, treasury controls and execution evidence with a practical governance research workflow.
Research methods
A crypto research journal: questions, evidence and revisions
Keep a crypto research journal with dated questions, original sources, rules for checking a claim and an example that records an unsuccessful hypothesis.
Source validation
Check a crypto alpha claim against original evidence
Check a crypto alpha claim against original sources, distinguish announcements from deployments, and follow a fictional integration claim through the evidence.
On-chain analysis
Wallet flow analysis: track transfers and net flows
Analyze wallet flows with reproducible cohorts, transfer deduplication, bridge reconciliation and a worked example that avoids unsupported wallet attribution.
Explore the research process
Crypto research starts with evidence
A practical approach to crypto research: establish the project, check primary sources, examine on-chain evidence and keep assumptions visible.
Crypto alpha: turn a claim into a research question
Understand how crypto alpha is discussed, trace claims to original evidence and recognize the uncertainty behind early information and market narratives.
A crypto community for shared research and discussion
Explore AlfaDAO's research discussions, community tools and NFT-gated access, with a practical introduction to participating and checking information.
Questions about AlfaDAO
- What is AlfaDAO?
- AlfaDAO is an NFT-gated crypto community. The member platform brings together research discussions, project information, community events, portfolio tools and on-chain tracking. These public pages explain the community and offer educational research guides.
- What does crypto alpha mean?
- Crypto alpha is commonly used to describe an insight someone believes the wider market has not yet recognized. Being early does not establish that a claim is correct. Good research checks the source, the evidence, the assumptions and the risks.
- Can I read the research guides without connecting a wallet?
- Yes. The public research guides require no wallet connection. Member discussions, restricted project rooms and account features have separate access controls. These guides do not reproduce private member records; see the Privacy Policy for how platform data is handled.
- How do I join AlfaDAO?
- The homepage links to the official Access Card collection and community. Member access requires verification of an eligible card and remains subject to the platform's eligibility requirements, access rules and Terms of Service. Use the official verification flow and check the message before signing. Never share a seed phrase or private key.
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These guides are public. AlfaDAO's NFT-gated platform gives members a place to compare research, discuss projects and organize their work.