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Documentation Quality

Inverted score — higher means worse documentation. Evaluates audit coverage, technical docs quality, and transparency of protocol operations.

Max score: 10838 protocols rated

Worst Offenders

Top 20 protocols with the highest documentation quality scores.

#ProtocolDocumentation Quality ScoreOverall Grade
1GoldFinger10 / 10C-
2FstSwap10 / 10B-
3Goose9 / 10C
4Truebit8 / 10D-
5Radiant Capital8 / 10D+
6TrustedVolumes8 / 10D+
7Lolik Liquid Staking8 / 10C
8Saphyre V38 / 10C+
9USD.AI7 / 10D
10CrossCurve7 / 10D+
11Aster7 / 10D+
12Piku DAO7 / 10D+
13Cetus Protocol7 / 10C-
14AILayer Farm7 / 10C-
15Everclear7 / 10C-
16MegaETH7 / 10C-
17Canopy7 / 10C-
18Vesta Equity7 / 10C
19Loopscale7 / 10C
20PulseX V17 / 10C

Best Performers

Top 10 protocols with the lowest documentation quality scores.

#ProtocolDocumentation Quality ScoreOverall Grade
1Stellar DEX0 / 10B+
2DeepBook V30 / 10B
3Frax Swap0 / 10B
4Loopring0 / 10B-
5Ethereum1 / 10A-
6Uniswap V21 / 10B+
7Polkadot1 / 10B+
8sDAI1 / 10B+
9XRPL DEX1 / 10B+
10Paxos Gold1 / 10B+

Score Distribution

How 838 protocols distribute across documentation quality score ranges.

0–3
300
4–5
476
6–8
54
9–10
8

Why Documentation Quality Matters

Poor documentation signals either rushed development or intentional opacity. Well-documented protocols are easier to audit, harder to exploit, and more trustworthy.

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