Is Monero (XMR) a shitcoin?
$ No. Strong fundamentals, few red flags.
Gold-meter
65/100
merit score
Shit-meter
0/100
red-flag score
Monero: Strongest on fair launch & distribution (100); no major red flags.
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Goldcoin score breakdown Higher is better · total 65 Fair launch & distribution 16% of score 100
Genesis allocation to insiders measured 100 0% Launch method assessed 100 Fair mining / fair launch Top-100 holders' share measured ?
Unknown Supply soundness 14% of score 85
Current annual inflation measured 100 0.838% Supply policy assessed 70 Decaying or small tail emission Decentralization 16% of score 59
Consensus mechanism assessed 100 Proof of work Largest client's share measured 1 99% Nakamoto coefficient measured 23 2 Reachable full / validating nodes measured 70 ~2,500 (est.) Permissionless participation assessed 100 Anyone can mine or validate Usability as money 10% of score 53
Confirmation speed (L1) assessed 40 2 to 10 min Typical transaction fee (L1) assessed 65 $0.01 to $0.10 Security budget 10% of score 59
Real reward to securers assessed 50 Roughly break-even Fee share of security rewards assessed 15 Under 3% Security spend (rewards ÷ market cap per year) assessed 70 0.75% to 1.5% Security trend (hashrate or staked share, 1 year) assessed 100 Growing Tech & development 12% of score 57
Monthly active core developers measured 66 20 Open source assessed 100 Fully open Originality assessed 60 Meaningful improvement on a fork Programmability assessed 0 None (payments only) Full bear markets survived measured 80 2 Cost to attack measured 29 ~$75M (est.) Halts or rollbacks, last 5 years measured 100 0 Years in production measured 100 12.5 years Annual fees ÷ market cap measured 10 0.0019% Daily active addresses measured ?
Unknown TVL or non-speculative settlement ÷ market cap measured ?
Unknown
Shitcoin score breakdown Higher is worse · total 0 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 Insider control 20% of score 0
Team, investor and foundation holdings measured 0 0% Who controls upgrades and governance assessed 0 Broad rough consensus Top-10 wallets' share measured ?
Unknown Admin powers 15% of score 0
Freeze or blacklist function measured 0 No Mint authority measured 0 None Upgrade path measured 0 Immutable or hard fork only 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 0
FDV ÷ market cap measured 0 1× Unlocks in next 12 months measured 0 0% 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 Methodology v0.8 · computed 2026-09-29 