The third time a friend asked, “Is this project reliable?”, I now basically don’t look at candlestick charts first—I go straight to check GitHub and the audit reports. GitHub isn’t just about whether there are a lot of Stars; in plain terms, it’s about whether the updates are normal, whether there are signs of long-term maintenance, whether key changes are explained, and not just “everything got massively changed” with some one-line “refactor” trying to wave it off.

Also, don’t just look at an audit report’s “passed/not found major issues.” You should check whether the issue list is written in detail, whether there’s proof that the issues were fixed, and ideally whether it lines up with the code commit records. And regarding the part about upgrading multi-signature wallets, beginners are the most likely to overlook this: who can sign, how many signatures are required for it to be executed, and whether there’s a delay (timelock). Those details determine whether you’re buying the protocol itself or just the administrator’s mood.

Recently, people have been complaining that the tags for on-chain data tools are lagging or can be misleading—and I agree. So now I treat “tags” as only a reference, and take the “permission structure” and “code changes” as the bottom line. After researching, I might still not place an order; at least I can sleep more peacefully.