Is BNB (BNB) a shitcoin?
Partly. Real merit, but serious red flags.
Gold-meter
62/100
merit score
Shit-meter
61/100
red-flag score
BNB: Strongest on supply soundness (100); biggest red flag is insider control (90).
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Layer 1 · Data confidence medium How much of the methodology had verified data behind this score. It says nothing about the project itself. Is this verdict fair?
Community opinion — never affects scores.
Every score is built from the indicators below. Select any line for the reasoning, raw data and source.
Goldcoin score breakdown Higher is better · total 62 Supply soundness 14% of score 100
Current annual inflation measured 100 -1.2016% Supply policy assessed 100 Fixed hard cap Decentralization 16% of score 20
Consensus mechanism assessed 30 DPoS / small elected set Largest client's share measured 7 95% Nakamoto coefficient measured 65 7 Reachable full / validating nodes measured 0 45 Permissionless participation assessed 0 Permissioned set Full bear markets survived measured 80 2 Years in production measured 91 9.2 years Cost to attack measured 57 ~$500M (est.) Halts or rollbacks, last 5 years measured 75 1 Tech & development 12% of score 65
Monthly active core developers measured 0 0 Open source assessed 100 Fully open Originality assessed 60 Meaningful improvement on a fork Programmability assessed 100 Full smart contracts (EVM or native VM) Security budget 10% of score 65
Real reward to securers assessed 100 Clearly positive Fee share of security rewards assessed 100 25% or more Security spend (rewards ÷ market cap per year) assessed 10 Under 0.3% Security trend (hashrate or staked share, 1 year) assessed 50 Flat Usability as money 10% of score 88
Confirmation speed (L1) assessed 90 Under 10s Typical transaction fee (L1) assessed 85 $0.001 to $0.01 Annual fees ÷ market cap measured 80 0.253% Daily active addresses measured ?
Unknown TVL or non-speculative settlement ÷ market cap measured ?
Unknown Fair launch & distribution 16% of score 30
Genesis allocation to insiders measured 0 50% Launch method assessed 60 Open public sale Top-100 holders' share measured ?
Unknown
Shitcoin score breakdown Higher is worse · total 61 Admin powers 15% of score 67
Freeze or blacklist function measured 100 Yes Mint authority measured 0 None Upgrade path measured 100 Admin upgrade without timelock Unlock overhang 15% of score 0
FDV ÷ market cap measured 0 1× Unlocks in next 12 months measured 0 0% Insider control 20% of score 90
Team, investor and foundation holdings measured 80 ~40% (est.) Top-10 wallets' share measured ?
Unknown Who controls upgrades and governance assessed 100 Single entity Function beyond speculation assessed 0 Money, gas or collateral Market cap ÷ annual economic throughput measured ?
Unknown Token needed to use the product assessed 0 Required Hype dependence 10% of score 0
Celebrity, influencer or politician launch assessed 0 No Social mentions ÷ active addresses measured ?
Unknown Trading turnover measured 0 1% Track record 10% of score 42
Core-protocol exploits with user losses, last 5 years measured 34 1 Regulatory enforcement against the issuer measured 50 Settled Methodology v0.8 · computed 2026-09-29 