The Core Principle: Contribution Over Popularity
Most crypto rankings are built on follower counts, engagement rates, or paid placements. WTFONCT is built on a different premise: the only thing that matters is the real contribution an account makes to the crypto ecosystem and its community.
A developer with 8,000 followers who has shipped three production protocols and writes technically accurate threads consistently outranks an influencer with 800,000 followers who mostly reposts price charts and promotes launches. That is the WTFONCT standard — and it is applied consistently across every account we evaluate.
What we never use as grading criteria: follower count, engagement rate, blue checkmark status, how long an account has been active, personal relationships, or any form of payment. Grades are editorial opinions based solely on publicly observable behaviour and contribution.
What We Evaluate
Each account is reviewed across several dimensions. No single factor determines the grade — it is the overall picture that matters.
Is the content original, accurate, and genuinely useful? Does it add new information or perspective, or mostly recycle existing narratives?
Does the account maintain quality across market conditions? Genuine contributors are present and substantive in both bull and bear markets.
Does the account disclose paid promotions, token holdings, and conflicts of interest? Transparency is a strong positive signal.
How do past calls, predictions, and recommendations hold up over time? Verified track records carry significant weight.
Does the account actively contribute to the community through building, educating, mentoring, or organising — beyond just posting content?
Are there documented patterns of misleading content, undisclosed promotions, deleted bad calls, or participation in pump-and-dump activity?
The Grade Scale: A to F
Grades run from A (highest) to F (lowest), with a special P grade for accounts pending evaluation.
Top-tier contributors. They go beyond content — building, influencing, and sustaining the crypto landscape with consistent, original contributions that drive unmatched impact. Browse Grade A
Educators, analysts, and builders who consistently add value through content, insights, and active participation. Browse Grade B
Mixed value contributors, including builders and people shaping the space. Real value, even if not always consistent. Browse Grade C
Often inconsistent and engagement-driven. Useful for catching narratives early — but follow with DYOR. Browse Grade D
Accounts with reputation concerns or questionable practices. Content may be misleading or with lack of transparency. Extra caution and critical thinking required. Browse Grade E
Multiple high-risk signals and a track record of unreliable or questionable behavior. F-grade rankings are not assigned lightly. Browse Grade F
How Accounts Are Added
Accounts are added to WTFONCT in two ways:
- By our team — we proactively identify and evaluate accounts based on their presence and reputation in the ecosystem
- Through user requests — anyone can submit an account for listing via the free Account Listing service
All newly submitted accounts go through our evaluation process before being assigned a grade. Accounts that are submitted but not yet evaluated are placed in Grade P (Pending) until the review is complete.
Can Grades Change?
Yes. Grades are not permanent. An account’s behaviour evolves over time — and so do our assessments. An account that was Grade B two years ago may have since been involved in problematic promotions, or conversely, a Grade D account may have significantly improved its content quality and transparency.
Grade changes can be triggered by:
- A significant shift in content quality or behaviour
- New documented evidence of scam involvement, rug pulls, or undisclosed promotions
- A user submitting a Grade Review request with supporting evidence
- Periodic re-evaluation by our team
Requesting a Grade Review
If you believe an account’s current grade is inaccurate — either too high or too low — you can request a formal re-evaluation via the Account Grade Review service. Our team will manually re-examine the account against our criteria and update the grade if warranted.
Grade Review requests cost 0.1 SOL to cover the manual evaluation process. This fee exists to prevent abuse and ensure each request receives genuine attention.
What WTFONCT Is Not
A few clarifications that matter:
- Not financial advice — grades are editorial opinions, not investment recommendations. A Grade A account can still make bad calls.
- Not a paid ranking — grades cannot be purchased. Account Promotion and Account Pump are paid visibility services that do not affect grades.
- Not infallible — we are a small, independent team. We make our best judgement based on publicly available information, and we update grades when evidence warrants it.
- Not a court — our grades are editorial opinions protected as free expression. They are based on public behaviour and our subjective assessment of ecosystem value.
WTFONCT exists because the crypto space needed an independent, contribution-based standard for evaluating accounts — something that couldn’t be gamed by buying followers, paying for promotions, or gaming engagement metrics. That’s what we’re building.