I’m currently looking at a project’s “trusted or not,” and basically I don’t start by checking how it’s hyped on Twitter—I go straight to GitHub and the audit reports… But honestly, beginners don’t need to force themselves to digest code; just look at a few points: whether the repository is being actively touched by people over the long term, and whether the commits look like normal development rather than a one-night relocation. Audits are not just something you have— you need to see what scope was covered, whether the issues were fixed, and whether there was a recheck after the fixes. And for the multi-signature upgrade part, I’m especially sensitive: whether the number of signers is sufficient, whether they’re decentralized, and whether there’s a timelock (the kind that gives everyone time to react), otherwise even a contract that looks beautiful could still be upgraded in a single click and turned into something else.

Recently, with those on-chain games’ inflation + studio operations + a spiral in coin prices, the more I see, the clearer it gets: a bad mechanism can be propped up for a few days by emotions, but bad permissions will truly mean instant zero… Anyway, my “rice-in-a-meal” strategy is still to keep the staple solid, and only treat these “seems very attractive” things as side dishes.