Is Jupiter (JUP) a shitcoin?
Partly. Real merit, but serious red flags.
Gold-meter
61/100
merit score
Shit-meter
64/100
red-flag score
Jupiter: Strongest on supply soundness (100); biggest red flag is insider control (83).
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DeFi · 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 61 Decentralization 16% of score 37
Consensus mechanism assessed 33 Permissionless proof of stake (SOL) Nakamoto coefficient measured 50 20 (SOL) Largest client's share measured 23 70% (SOL) Permissionless participation assessed 50 Anyone can mine or validate (SOL) Reachable full / validating nodes measured 28 1,300 (SOL) Cost to attack measured 50 > $25B (est.) (SOL) Full bear markets survived measured 20 1 (SOL) Halts or rollbacks, last 5 years measured 0 5 (SOL) Years in production measured 31 6.5 years (SOL) Tech & development 12% of score 87
Monthly active core developers measured ?
Unknown Open source assessed 100 Fully open Originality assessed 60 Meaningful improvement on a fork Programmability assessed 100 Full smart contracts (EVM or native VM) Real usage 10% of score 100
Annual fees ÷ market cap measured 100 4.8% Daily active addresses measured ?
Unknown TVL or non-speculative settlement ÷ market cap measured ?
Unknown Security budget 10% of score 40
Real reward to securers assessed 50 Clearly positive (SOL) Fee share of security rewards assessed 35 10% to 25% (SOL) Security trend (hashrate or staked share, 1 year) assessed 25 Flat (SOL) Security spend (rewards ÷ market cap per year) assessed 50 1.5% or more of market cap per year (SOL) Fair launch & distribution 16% of score 59
Genesis allocation to insiders measured 18 41% Launch method assessed 100 Fair mining / fair launch Top-100 holders' share measured ?
Unknown Supply soundness 14% of score 100
Current annual inflation measured 100 0% Supply policy assessed 100 Fixed hard cap Usability as money 10% of score 44
Confirmation speed (L1) assessed 45 Under 10s (SOL) Typical transaction fee (L1) assessed 43 $0.001 to $0.01 (SOL)
Shitcoin score breakdown Higher is worse · total 64 Insider control 20% of score 83
Team, investor and foundation holdings measured 80 ~40% (est.) Top-10 wallets' share measured 100 ~50% (est.) Who controls upgrades and governance assessed 70 Small multisig Admin powers 15% of score 33
Freeze or blacklist function measured 0 No Mint authority measured 0 None Upgrade path measured 100 Admin upgrade without timelock Hype dependence 10% of score 0
Celebrity, influencer or politician launch assessed 0 No Social mentions ÷ active addresses measured ?
Unknown Trading turnover measured ?
Unknown Unlock overhang 15% of score 43
FDV ÷ market cap measured 25 2.07× Unlocks in next 12 months measured 60 ~15% (est.) Function beyond speculation assessed 60 Staking or governance only Market cap ÷ annual economic throughput measured ?
Unknown Token needed to use the product assessed 50 Optional Track record 10% of score 0
Core-protocol exploits with user losses, last 5 years measured 0 0 Regulatory enforcement against the issuer measured 0 None Methodology v0.8 · computed 2026-09-29 