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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: 10792 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+
6Lolik Liquid Staking8 / 10C
7Saphyre V38 / 10C
8USD.AI7 / 10D
9Aster7 / 10D+
10CrossCurve7 / 10D+
11Cetus Protocol7 / 10D+
12Piku DAO7 / 10D+
13AILayer Farm7 / 10C-
14Vesta Equity7 / 10C-
15PulseX V27 / 10C-
16MegaETH7 / 10C
17PulseX V17 / 10C
18Loopscale7 / 10C
19stUSDT7 / 10C
20Brotocol7 / 10C

Best Performers

Top 10 protocols with the lowest documentation quality scores.

#ProtocolDocumentation Quality ScoreOverall Grade
1Stellar DEX0 / 10B+
2Loopring0 / 10B
3DeepBook V30 / 10B
4Frax Swap0 / 10B
5Ethereum1 / 10A-
6Uniswap V21 / 10B+
7sDAI1 / 10B+
8Uniswap V31 / 10B+
9Paxos Gold1 / 10B+
10XRPL DEX1 / 10B

Score Distribution

How 792 protocols distribute across documentation quality score ranges.

0–3
283
4–5
453
6–8
49
9–10
7

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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