Tokenelligence Trust Framework

• Trust Score (0–100) — overall score, average of the five components below.
• Ethical Score (0–100) — values alignment and absence of excluded categories.
• Utility Score (0–100) — depth and durability of real-world or on-chain use.
• Transparency Score (0–100) — quality of docs, audits, disclosures, and on-chain visibility.
• Governance Score (0–100) — decision-making process, decentralization, and accountability.
• Tokenomics Score (0–100) — sustainability of supply, emissions, and value accrual.

Each component is rated 0–100 by an analyst against a written rubric. We document the screening rationale, the sources we reviewed, and the date of the last review on every project's research page. The Trust Score is the simple average of the five components; an asset must also clear the exclusion screen to be labelled Ethical or Utility-First.

• • Demonstrable real-world or on-chain utility beyond pure speculation.
• • Public team or credible attribution behind the project.
• • Clear, documented tokenomics (supply, emissions, unlocks, distribution).
• • Transparent governance and disclosed treasury practices.
• • No structural exposure to any excluded category below.

An asset is flagged and excluded from the Ethical screen if it is materially associated with any of the following:

• All Assets — every covered project.
• Utility-First Assets — Utility Score ≥ 70 and no exclusion flags.
• Ethical Assets — no exclusion flags (responsible investing screen).

• • Primary project documentation, whitepapers, and governance forums.
• • On-chain data for supply, unlocks, holders, and treasury flows.
• • Public audits and security disclosures.
• • Public usage dashboards (DeFiLlama, Dune, Artemis) cross-referenced with project reporting.

Trust Score = average of (Ethical + Utility + Transparency + Governance + Tokenomics) ÷ 5. The Ethical and Utility-First labels are pass/fail screens that depend on exclusion flags, not on the numerical score alone. We do not blend the Trust Score into the existing Tokenelligence Score — the two scores answer different questions.

We use neutral, research-oriented terminology: Ethical Assets, Responsible Investing, Utility-First, Trust Framework, and Values-Based Research. We deliberately do not use religious or jurisdiction-specific labels.

• • Trust assessments reflect analyst judgement; reasonable researchers may disagree.
• • Projects evolve. A passing asset can later add an excluded product line — re-reviews can change a rating.
• • If we have not reviewed an asset, the page displays "Trust data unavailable" — we never guess.
• • Version 1 is Solana-only. Multi-chain coverage is on the roadmap.