{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "policyVersion": "2026-07-11.1",
  "asOf": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
  "projects": [
    {
      "slug": "shipchain",
      "name": "ShipChain",
      "symbol": "SHIP",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "explicitly_ceased",
      "headline": "Token operations were ordered to cease; the last verified default-branch code activity predates the order.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "cessation",
        "occurredAtMin": "2020-12-21T00:00:00Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2020-12-22T00:00:00Z",
        "precision": "date",
        "label": "since the SEC cessation order"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "high",
        "timestamp": "high",
        "coverage": "medium",
        "overall": "medium"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "ship-shipchain",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/ship-shipchain"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "ShipChain/transmission default branch",
          "status": "silent",
          "lastActivityAt": "2020-10-22T18:35:06Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/ShipChain/transmission/commit/c29ae529c02c885cdb0e64a35d7d4750ab1b8001",
          "note": "Latest default-branch commit found. Other branches and transferred repositories remain a coverage risk."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "shipchain.io",
          "status": "identity_uncertain",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://www.shipchain.io/",
          "note": "A live domain is not evidence of project activity; current ownership and content continuity need archival verification."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@shipchain",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/shipchain",
          "note": "Historical completeness was not established, so no project-wide last-post date is claimed."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "On 21 December 2020, the SEC ordered ShipChain to transfer its SHIP tokens so they could be permanently disabled and to request removal from trading platforms.",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2020/33-10909.pdf",
          "source": "U.S. SEC order"
        },
        {
          "text": "The checked default branch records a last commit on 22 October 2020 at 18:35:06 UTC.",
          "url": "https://github.com/ShipChain/transmission/commit/c29ae529c02c885cdb0e64a35d7d4750ab1b8001",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks the SHIP listing inactive.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/ship-shipchain",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "The SEC Fair Fund case page contains administrative updates through 2025. Those are regulator/distribution activity, not evidence that the ShipChain team resumed work.",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/claims/shipchain.htm",
          "source": "U.S. SEC Fair Fund"
        },
        {
          "text": "The old domain responds, but a responding domain alone cannot establish current project ownership or a recent substantive update.",
          "url": "https://www.shipchain.io/",
          "source": "Live domain"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "Some work could have moved to private repositories before the regulatory order.",
        "A community continuation could exist without representing the original issuer."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "The final meaningful first-party post across X, Medium and Telegram has not been established with complete native histories.",
        "Current ownership of shipchain.io has not been cryptographically or archivally tied to the original team."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Obtain the complete X account timeline by stable account ID and compare it with archived Medium and Telegram history.",
        "Resolve every repository in the historical ShipChain organization, including non-default branches and transfers."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "bitconnect",
      "name": "BitConnect",
      "symbol": "BCC",
      "aliases": ["BitConnect Coin"],
      "classification": "explicitly_ceased",
      "headline": "The original platform shut down in January 2018; later community code does not prove the original operator returned.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "cessation",
        "occurredAtMin": "2018-01-16T00:00:00Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2018-01-17T00:00:00Z",
        "precision": "date",
        "label": "since the platform shutdown"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "high",
        "timestamp": "medium",
        "coverage": "medium",
        "overall": "medium"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "bcc-bitconnect",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/bcc-bitconnect"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "BitConnectCore/bitconnectCoin default branch",
          "status": "community_activity",
          "lastActivityAt": "2021-05-30T17:20:06Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/bitconnectCore/bitconnectCoin/commit/71bac2e9ec6f4ce6e34b1e2cde8f055c6471a4b0",
          "note": "This later commit is counterevidence to total ecosystem silence, but its continuity with the original operator is unverified."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "bitconnect.co",
          "status": "inaccessible",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://bitconnect.co/",
          "note": "Inaccessibility cannot date the last meaningful update."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@Bitconnect_Coin",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/Bitconnect_Coin",
          "note": "Handle availability and complete account history were not established."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "The U.S. Department of Justice describes BitConnect as a global $2.4 billion cryptocurrency scheme and says the exchange closed after regulatory cease-and-desist orders.",
          "url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bitconnect-founder-indicted-global-24-billion-cryptocurrency-scheme",
          "source": "U.S. Department of Justice"
        },
        {
          "text": "The SEC charged BitConnect's founder in 2021 and states that the scheme abruptly collapsed in January 2018.",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021-172",
          "source": "U.S. SEC"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks BCC inactive.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/bcc-bitconnect",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "A repository under the BitConnectCore name records a 2021 commit, showing that code bearing the name continued after the platform closed.",
          "url": "https://github.com/bitconnectCore/bitconnectCoin/commit/71bac2e9ec6f4ce6e34b1e2cde8f055c6471a4b0",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "The later repository activity may be an unaffiliated community continuation or maintenance fork.",
        "The token network and the centralized investment platform may have different end dates."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "The original operator's exact final meaningful public message has not been preserved from a complete native timeline.",
        "The ownership lineage of the later BitConnectCore organization is unresolved."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Verify the 16 January 2018 shutdown date against an archived first-party notice and preserve its capture.",
        "Trace GitHub organization ownership and commit signers to distinguish original-team activity from a fork."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "substratum",
      "name": "Substratum",
      "symbol": "SUB",
      "aliases": ["Substratum Network"],
      "classification": "possibly_silent",
      "headline": "The last verified official post announced production in 2019; the original team then disappeared while a successor fork continued the codebase.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "channel",
        "occurredAtMin": "2019-10-18T15:30:51Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2019-10-18T15:30:52Z",
        "precision": "exact",
        "label": "since the last verified official communication"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "medium",
        "timestamp": "high",
        "coverage": "medium",
        "overall": "medium"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "sub-substratum",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/sub-substratum"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Communication",
          "label": "Official Substratum Medium publication",
          "status": "silent",
          "lastActivityAt": "2019-10-18T15:30:51Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://medium.com/@SubstratumNet/substratum-network-moves-to-production-f7640df3726c",
          "note": "The publication feed has no later item; X and Telegram remain incomplete, so this is the last verified signal—not a guaranteed final message."
        },
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "SubstratumNetwork/sub-contract default branch",
          "status": "silent",
          "lastActivityAt": "2019-02-05T22:05:18Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/SubstratumNetwork/sub-contract/commit/f88722b1f8ec157b199d3a7ce174802208825ab0",
          "note": "This is the latest commit found in the remaining visible organization repository, not proof that every historical repository was checked."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "substratum.net",
          "status": "inaccessible",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://substratum.net/",
          "note": "The domain was inaccessible during review; that does not reveal when substantive publishing stopped."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@substratumnet",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/substratumnet",
          "note": "Complete historical access was not available."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "The last item in the official Medium feed, published 18 October 2019 at 15:30:51 UTC, announced that Substratum Network was moving to production rather than closing.",
          "url": "https://medium.com/@SubstratumNet/substratum-network-moves-to-production-f7640df3726c",
          "source": "Official Substratum Medium"
        },
        {
          "text": "MASQ's repository states that it forked Substratum after Substratum ceased operations in October 2019 and that the original repositories were removed in 2021.",
          "url": "https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node",
          "source": "MASQ successor repository"
        },
        {
          "text": "The remaining checked repository's default branch records a last commit on 5 February 2019 at 22:05:18 UTC.",
          "url": "https://github.com/SubstratumNetwork/sub-contract/commit/f88722b1f8ec157b199d3a7ce174802208825ab0",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks SUB inactive and maps the historical project links.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/sub-substratum",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "MASQ continues development from the codebase, so the technology is not literally dead; its statement about Substratum also comes from a successor with an interest in framing continuity.",
          "url": "https://github.com/MASQ-Project/Node",
          "source": "MASQ successor repository"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "Development may have moved, been privatized, or continued only through MASQ as a successor fork.",
        "Community-maintained nodes or token trading may continue without the original company."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "The deleted original repositories need recovery from historical GitHub datasets.",
        "No complete X, Telegram or archived website chronology has been established."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Recover deleted organization metadata and final commits from GitHub Archive or GH Archive.",
        "Enumerate the final X and Telegram messages and verify whether the original production network still has independently operated nodes."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "bounty0x",
      "name": "Bounty0x",
      "symbol": "BNTY",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "possibly_silent",
      "headline": "Old code and an inactive listing are strong leads, but public communication histories remain incomplete.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "channel",
        "occurredAtMin": "2019-06-08T15:25:46Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2019-06-08T15:25:47Z",
        "precision": "exact",
        "label": "on the checked code repository"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "medium",
        "timestamp": "high",
        "coverage": "low",
        "overall": "low"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "bnty-bounty0x",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/bnty-bounty0x"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "bounty0x/StakingContract default branch",
          "status": "silent",
          "lastActivityAt": "2019-06-08T15:25:46Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/bounty0x/StakingContract/commit/1df9bd4850edb41ee38294143295b4d2d8160759",
          "note": "The organization's repository metadata has a later push timestamp, so branch, tag and force-push history need reconciliation."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "bounty0x.io",
          "status": "stale_or_unchanged",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://bounty0x.io/",
          "note": "The page responds and contains historical copy; uptime and copyright text are not publication timestamps."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@bounty0x",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/bounty0x",
          "note": "No complete timeline was available for this review."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "The checked staking-contract default branch records a last commit on 8 June 2019 at 15:25:46 UTC.",
          "url": "https://github.com/bounty0x/StakingContract/commit/1df9bd4850edb41ee38294143295b4d2d8160759",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks BNTY inactive and lists the historical website, X and repository links.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/bnty-bounty0x",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "The historical website still responds. That keeps open the possibility of a maintained static service, although it does not establish recent communication.",
          "url": "https://bounty0x.io/",
          "source": "Live domain"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "The product may have entered feature-complete maintenance with little public code activity.",
        "Team communication may have moved into a private or unindexed community."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "The latest substantive first-party post or community response is unresolved.",
        "The discrepancy between repository pushed_at metadata and the default-branch commit history is unresolved."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Enumerate all branches, tags, releases, issues and organization repositories, then classify the later push metadata.",
        "Acquire the complete X timeline by account ID and preserved Telegram history."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "einsteinium",
      "name": "Einsteinium",
      "symbol": "EMC2",
      "aliases": ["Einsteinium Foundation"],
      "classification": "unresolved",
      "headline": "An inactive aggregator label conflicts with a much newer code commit and a responding official website.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "channel",
        "occurredAtMin": "2023-06-21T14:05:54Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2023-06-21T14:05:55Z",
        "precision": "exact",
        "label": "on the checked code repository"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "medium",
        "timestamp": "high",
        "coverage": "low",
        "overall": "low"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "emc2-einsteinium",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/emc2-einsteinium"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "emc2foundation/einsteinium default branch",
          "status": "silent",
          "lastActivityAt": "2023-06-21T14:05:54Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/emc2foundation/einsteinium/commit/8d988f05a5ccafed5cf4c16493ef30cf3125f7a9",
          "note": "Newer than the other pilot candidates, but still only one checked code surface."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "emc2.foundation",
          "status": "reachable_unverified_freshness",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://www.emc2.foundation/",
          "note": "A responding site is countercontext, not a reliable update timestamp."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@einsteiniumcoin",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/einsteiniumcoin",
          "note": "Complete historical access was not established."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "The checked repository records a default-branch commit on 21 June 2023 at 14:05:54 UTC.",
          "url": "https://github.com/emc2foundation/einsteinium/commit/8d988f05a5ccafed5cf4c16493ef30cf3125f7a9",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks EMC2 inactive.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/emc2-einsteinium",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "The foundation's linked website responds, and the 2023 commit is newer than an abandonment inference based only on an inactive listing would suggest.",
          "url": "https://www.emc2.foundation/",
          "source": "Official-site lead"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "Low-frequency maintenance may be appropriate for mature protocol software.",
        "Trading inactivity and team inactivity may be unrelated."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "No complete release, issue, X or community chronology has been reviewed.",
        "The website's most recent meaningful first-party update is unresolved."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Review releases, all branches, signed commits, issues and organization repositories after June 2023.",
        "Establish the official X account ID and retrieve its complete accessible history."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "feathercoin",
      "name": "Feathercoin",
      "symbol": "FTC",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "active_counterexample",
      "headline": "CoinPaprika says inactive, yet the official repository shows substantive activity in June 2026.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "activity",
        "occurredAtMin": "2026-06-06T13:25:24Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2026-06-06T13:25:25Z",
        "precision": "exact",
        "label": "since the latest checked code activity"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "identity": "high",
        "timestamp": "high",
        "coverage": "medium",
        "overall": "medium"
      },
      "aggregators": [
        {
          "provider": "CoinPaprika",
          "id": "ftc-feathercoin",
          "status": "inactive",
          "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/ftc-feathercoin"
        }
      ],
      "channels": [
        {
          "type": "Code",
          "label": "FeatherCoin/Feathercoin default branch",
          "status": "active",
          "lastActivityAt": "2026-06-06T13:25:24Z",
          "precision": "exact",
          "url": "https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/d091d80b8b8eb0ac8cf9f8915b85d5b2eaf2aaca",
          "note": "This recent first-party code activity falsifies the shortcut that an inactive aggregator listing means a dead project."
        },
        {
          "type": "Website",
          "label": "feathercoin.com",
          "status": "reachable",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://feathercoin.com/",
          "note": "Reachability corroborates continuity but is not used as a publication timestamp."
        },
        {
          "type": "X",
          "label": "@Feathercoin",
          "status": "not_exhaustively_checked",
          "lastActivityAt": null,
          "precision": "unknown",
          "url": "https://x.com/Feathercoin",
          "note": "Not needed to reject the dead-token hypothesis, but still incomplete."
        }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        {
          "text": "The official repository records a default-branch commit on 6 June 2026 at 13:25:24 UTC.",
          "url": "https://github.com/FeatherCoin/Feathercoin/commit/d091d80b8b8eb0ac8cf9f8915b85d5b2eaf2aaca",
          "source": "GitHub native commit"
        },
        {
          "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks FTC inactive.",
          "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/ftc-feathercoin",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API"
        }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        {
          "text": "The inactive listing is counterevidence only to market support, not to project activity; recent code directly contradicts a project-silence claim.",
          "url": "https://coinpaprika.com/api/faq/",
          "source": "CoinPaprika API FAQ"
        }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": [
        "The aggregator status may reflect trading availability rather than software maintenance.",
        "The project could be active in code but quiet in investor-facing communication."
      ],
      "unknowns": [
        "The latest meaningful communication-channel activity has not been exhaustively established."
      ],
      "nextChecks": [
        "Check whether the June 2026 commit is a substantive maintainer change rather than an automated or mirrored update.",
        "Ask CoinPaprika what specific market condition caused the inactive status."
      ]
    },
    {
      "slug": "poet",
      "name": "Po.et",
      "symbol": "POE",
      "aliases": ["Poet Project"],
      "classification": "possibly_silent",
      "headline": "Its final official update promised a roadmap the following week; no later publication appeared, code had already stopped, and the domain is gone.",
      "clock": {
        "kind": "channel",
        "occurredAtMin": "2020-11-20T17:30:50Z",
        "occurredAtMax": "2020-11-20T17:30:51Z",
        "precision": "exact",
        "label": "since the last verified official communication"
      },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "medium", "overall": "medium" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinPaprika", "id": "poe-poet", "status": "inactive", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/poe-poet" },
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "1937", "status": "historical_listing", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/poet/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Communication", "label": "Official Po.et Medium publication", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2020-11-20T17:30:50Z", "precision": "exact", "url": "https://medium.com/poet-blog/november-2020-update-94953a77eb60", "note": "The official RSS feed contains no later item; X and Telegram remain incomplete." },
        { "type": "Code", "label": "poetapp official non-fork repositories", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2020-02-18T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://github.com/poetapp/frost-api/commit/192cf7c1c6a0d6082c50c7b6930db96e8db1831c", "note": "Latest default-branch project commit found across visible official non-fork repositories." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "po.et and former explorer", "status": "inaccessible", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://po.et/", "note": "The domains did not resolve during review; DNS failure cannot date the last update." },
        { "type": "X", "label": "@_poetproject", "status": "not_exhaustively_checked", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://x.com/_poetproject", "note": "Complete account history was not available, so the displayed clock is not asserted as the final possible message." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "The final item in the official Medium RSS was published 20 November 2020 at 17:30:50 UTC and promised a new roadmap and partnership the following week.", "url": "https://medium.com/poet-blog/november-2020-update-94953a77eb60", "source": "Official Po.et Medium" },
        { "text": "The latest default-branch project commit found across visible official non-fork repositories was recorded in February 2020.", "url": "https://github.com/poetapp/frost-api/commit/192cf7c1c6a0d6082c50c7b6930db96e8db1831c", "source": "GitHub native commit" },
        { "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks the POE listing inactive.", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/poe-poet", "source": "CoinPaprika API" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "The final official post did not announce closure; it claimed a migration and partnership were imminent, so a private acquisition or unlinked rebrand remains possible.", "url": "https://medium.com/poet-blog/november-2020-update-94953a77eb60", "source": "Official Po.et Medium" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["A private acquisition or unlinked successor may exist.", "Open-source Po.et code can survive independently of the original team."],
      "unknowns": ["The complete @_poetproject X and Telegram histories were not available.", "No first-party closure notice or verified successor was found."],
      "nextChecks": ["Obtain the complete X account archive by stable account ID and an authorized Telegram export.", "Search BTC Inc. corporate announcements and late-November 2020 archives for the promised roadmap."]
    },
    {
      "slug": "waltonchain",
      "name": "Waltonchain",
      "symbol": "WTC",
      "aliases": ["Walton Chain"],
      "classification": "possibly_silent",
      "headline": "Its last verified official post described an airdrop, not a shutdown; the linked code vanished and the main domain became unreachable or blocked.",
      "clock": { "kind": "channel", "occurredAtMin": "2024-03-29T08:28:16Z", "occurredAtMax": "2024-03-29T08:28:17Z", "precision": "exact", "label": "since the last verified official communication" },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "medium", "overall": "medium" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinPaprika", "id": "wtc-waltonchain", "status": "inactive", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/wtc-waltonchain" },
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "1925", "status": "historical_listing", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/waltonchain/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Communication", "label": "Official Waltonchain English Medium", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2024-03-29T08:28:16Z", "precision": "exact", "url": "https://waltonchain-en.medium.com/announcement-on-the-4-million-wtc-pool-gmn-airdrop-08-255f37187c43", "note": "The feed has no later item; it promised distribution before 10 April 2024." },
        { "type": "Code", "label": "Historically linked WaltonChain organization", "status": "inaccessible", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://github.com/WaltonChain", "note": "The organization and linked swap repository return 404, preventing a complete native history check." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "waltonchain.net / waltonchain.org", "status": "identity_uncertain", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://waltonchain.org/", "note": "One domain no longer resolves; the other returned Cloudflare 403. Neither result dates project silence." },
        { "type": "X", "label": "@Waltonchain", "status": "not_exhaustively_checked", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://x.com/Waltonchain/with_replies", "note": "The profile exists, but its complete timeline and Chinese-language channels were not enumerated." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "The final entry in the official English Medium feed was published 29 March 2024 at 08:28:16 UTC and promised a GMN airdrop before 10 April.", "url": "https://waltonchain-en.medium.com/announcement-on-the-4-million-wtc-pool-gmn-airdrop-08-255f37187c43", "source": "Official Waltonchain Medium" },
        { "text": "A November 2023 official post linked a WaltonChain GitHub swap repository and promised further 2024 work; that repository now returns 404.", "url": "https://waltonchain-en.medium.com/waltonchain-x-bsc-dex-released-on-github-33518f26fc8a", "source": "Official Waltonchain Medium" },
        { "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks WTC inactive.", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/wtc-waltonchain", "source": "CoinPaprika API" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "The final post described an operational snapshot and future distribution, while the official X profile and one primary domain still exist.", "url": "https://x.com/Waltonchain/with_replies", "source": "Official X-profile lead" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["Later activity may exist in Chinese-language, Telegram or X channels.", "A Cloudflare 403 may be geographic or policy blocking rather than inactivity."],
      "unknowns": ["Whether the promised April 2024 airdrop occurred on-chain is unverified.", "Deleted repository history and the latest Chinese-language communication remain unresolved."],
      "nextChecks": ["Verify the promised airdrop and current chain tip on independent infrastructure.", "Enumerate X, Telegram, WeChat and Chinese-language channels and recover deleted GitHub history."]
    },
    {
      "slug": "nebulas",
      "name": "Nebulas",
      "symbol": "NAS",
      "aliases": ["Nebulas Token"],
      "classification": "unresolved",
      "headline": "Late-2024 code is real, static sites remain online, and backend failures may be temporary; a dead-project verdict would be premature.",
      "clock": { "kind": "channel", "occurredAtMin": "2024-11-26T10:04:41Z", "occurredAtMax": "2024-11-26T10:04:42Z", "precision": "exact", "label": "since the latest checked project commit" },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "low", "overall": "low" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinPaprika", "id": "nas-nebulas", "status": "inactive", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/nas-nebulas" },
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "1908", "status": "historical_listing", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/nebulas-token/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Code", "label": "nebulasio/wiki default branch", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2024-11-26T10:04:41Z", "precision": "exact", "url": "https://github.com/nebulasio/wiki/commit/8aeee3609b4eb4c151db04a2933bc1f577e923b3", "note": "A genuine late-2024 project commit; all repositories and branches remain to be enumerated." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "Nebulas official web surfaces", "status": "reachable_unverified_freshness", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://nebulas.io/", "note": "Multiple static surfaces returned HTTP 200, while an explorer data endpoint returned 502." },
        { "type": "Network", "label": "Explorer and mainnet API", "status": "unresolved", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://data.nebulas.io/api/nasinfo", "note": "Backend failure and timeout do not prove the chain stopped; independent node checks are required." },
        { "type": "Community", "label": "X, Telegram and Chinese channels", "status": "not_exhaustively_checked", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://github.com/nebulasio", "note": "Communication histories were not completely enumerated." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "The latest clear project commit found was recorded 26 November 2024 at 10:04:41 UTC.", "url": "https://github.com/nebulasio/wiki/commit/8aeee3609b4eb4c151db04a2933bc1f577e923b3", "source": "GitHub native commit" },
        { "text": "A separate wallet fix was also committed during November 2024.", "url": "https://github.com/nebulasio/WebExtensionWallet/commit/1a93045435a855288b6402dcfef5a6352a113a3d", "source": "GitHub native commit" },
        { "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks NAS inactive.", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/nas-nebulas", "source": "CoinPaprika API" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "Multiple official web surfaces remain online and late-2024 maintenance is much newer than the project's old communication feeds.", "url": "https://nebulas.io/", "source": "Official website lead" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["The explorer/API failure may be temporary, geographic or edge-network related.", "The chain may still produce blocks even if public infrastructure is broken."],
      "unknowns": ["Current chain height, timestamp and independent validator count are unresolved.", "Official X, Telegram and Chinese-language histories remain incomplete."],
      "nextChecks": ["Query multiple independent Nebulas nodes and record current chain height and validator activity.", "Enumerate all organization repositories and official communication channels."]
    },
    {
      "slug": "cover-protocol",
      "name": "Cover Protocol",
      "symbol": "COVER",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "explicitly_ceased",
      "headline": "The team announced shutdown and treasury distribution in September 2021; this is transparent closure, not ghosting.",
      "clock": { "kind": "cessation", "occurredAtMin": "2021-09-05T00:00:00Z", "occurredAtMax": "2021-09-06T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "label": "since the official shutdown announcement" },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "high", "overall": "high" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinPaprika", "id": "cover-cover-protocol-governance-token", "status": "inactive", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/cover-cover-protocol-governance-token" },
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "8175", "status": "shutdown_notice", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cover-protocol-new/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Communication", "label": "Official @CoverProtocol X account", "status": "ceased", "lastActivityAt": "2021-09-05T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://twitter.com/CoverProtocol/status/1434331981001764875", "note": "The post explicitly announced shutdown and a treasury-distribution plan." },
        { "type": "Code", "label": "CoverProtocol/cover-docs", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2021-07-23T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://github.com/CoverProtocol/cover-docs/commit/d0fce8a37556434a90f93cfafd6e43fbe16c8a90", "note": "Last official default-branch commit found before shutdown." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "Former project domain", "status": "identity_uncertain", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://coverprotocol.com/", "note": "The former domain redirects to unrelated content and must not reset the project clock." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "The official X account announced on 5 September 2021 that Cover Protocol and Ruler Protocol were shutting down.", "url": "https://twitter.com/CoverProtocol/status/1434331981001764875", "source": "Official Cover Protocol X post" },
        { "text": "CoinMarketCap preserves a shutdown notice that links the same official post.", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cover-protocol-new/", "source": "CoinMarketCap project notice" },
        { "text": "The last official repository commit found predates the shutdown announcement.", "url": "https://github.com/CoverProtocol/cover-docs/commit/d0fce8a37556434a90f93cfafd6e43fbe16c8a90", "source": "GitHub native commit" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "Contracts and tokens can remain usable or tradable after team closure; this is ecosystem persistence, not renewed project operation.", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cover-protocol-new/", "source": "Market-listing context" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["Community users may continue interacting with immutable contracts after the team exits."],
      "unknowns": ["Whether every promised treasury distribution completed is outside this closure classification."],
      "nextChecks": ["Verify the final treasury distribution on-chain and preserve the official thread in an archive."]
    },
    {
      "slug": "babylon-finance",
      "name": "Babylon Finance",
      "symbol": "BABL",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "explicitly_ceased",
      "headline": "The founder explained the wind-down, published reimbursement work and set a closure date; this is an orderly shutdown, not a disappearance.",
      "clock": { "kind": "activity", "occurredAtMin": "2022-09-25T00:00:00Z", "occurredAtMax": "2022-09-26T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "label": "since the last verified team-controlled artifact" },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "high", "overall": "high" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "14228", "status": "historical_listing", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/babylon-finance/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Communication", "label": "Official Babylon Finance Medium", "status": "ceased", "lastActivityAt": "2022-09-21T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://medium.com/babylon-finance/rari-hack-reimbursement-a47560999b9c", "note": "Final publication update after the 31 August shutdown explanation." },
        { "type": "Code", "label": "babylon-finance/protocol", "status": "ceased", "lastActivityAt": "2022-09-25T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://github.com/babylon-finance/protocol/commit/f02dcbc956aa8460f65ac1c61a11783f3bcb5088", "note": "Final default-branch commit found, related to shutdown and reimbursement work." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "Former Babylon service", "status": "inaccessible", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://www.babylon.finance/", "note": "The former service no longer presents a normal project site; documentation and contracts may remain." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "Founder Ramon Recuero announced shutdown on 31 August 2022, explained the causes and planned a website and Discord closure for 15 November.", "url": "https://medium.com/babylon-finance/babylon-finance-is-shutting-down-b58abf1bc251", "source": "Official Babylon Finance Medium" },
        { "text": "The final official publication update addressed Rari hack reimbursement on 21 September 2022.", "url": "https://medium.com/babylon-finance/rari-hack-reimbursement-a47560999b9c", "source": "Official Babylon Finance Medium" },
        { "text": "The last default-branch commit found was shutdown and reimbursement work dated 25 September 2022.", "url": "https://github.com/babylon-finance/protocol/commit/f02dcbc956aa8460f65ac1c61a11783f3bcb5088", "source": "GitHub native commit" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "Users may still withdraw directly from contracts and the repositories remain available; neither fact means Babylon resumed as a service.", "url": "https://github.com/babylon-finance/protocol", "source": "Official GitHub repository" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["Open-source contracts can remain usable after the organization winds down."],
      "unknowns": ["The final on-chain withdrawal and reimbursement state is not evaluated by this communication assessment."],
      "nextChecks": ["Verify the declared 15 November 2022 service closure against archived website and Discord notices."]
    },
    {
      "slug": "geist-finance",
      "name": "Geist Finance",
      "symbol": "GEIST",
      "aliases": [],
      "classification": "explicitly_ceased",
      "headline": "Geist publicly said it would not reopen after the Multichain loss; a generic page at the old domain does not reverse that closure.",
      "clock": { "kind": "cessation", "occurredAtMin": "2023-07-14T00:00:00Z", "occurredAtMax": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "label": "since the official closure announcement" },
      "confidence": { "identity": "high", "timestamp": "high", "coverage": "high", "overall": "high" },
      "aggregators": [
        { "provider": "CoinPaprika", "id": "geist-geist-finance", "status": "inactive", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/geist-geist-finance" },
        { "provider": "CoinMarketCap", "id": "12576", "status": "historical_listing", "checkedAt": "2026-07-11T00:00:00Z", "url": "https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/geist-finance/" }
      ],
      "channels": [
        { "type": "Communication", "label": "Official @GeistFinance X account", "status": "ceased", "lastActivityAt": "2023-07-14T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://twitter.com/GeistFinance/status/1679827762444378114", "note": "The official thread stated the protocol would not reopen after Multichain confirmed funds would not be recovered." },
        { "type": "Code", "label": "geist-finance visible repositories", "status": "silent", "lastActivityAt": "2022-05-15T00:00:00Z", "precision": "date", "url": "https://github.com/geist-finance/geist-airdrop-proofs/commit/5efc4cebdc9332b838d255cff099c839e093a615", "note": "Last official default-branch commit found." },
        { "type": "Website", "label": "geist.finance", "status": "identity_uncertain", "lastActivityAt": null, "precision": "unknown", "url": "https://geist.finance/", "note": "The current page describes the protocol as inactive but includes generic recent SEO content; original-team ownership is unverified." }
      ],
      "verifiedFacts": [
        { "text": "The official Geist Finance X account announced on 14 July 2023 that the protocol would not reopen after Multichain's loss became unrecoverable.", "url": "https://twitter.com/GeistFinance/status/1679827762444378114", "source": "Official Geist Finance X thread" },
        { "text": "Contemporaneous reporting preserves the thread's date and shutdown explanation.", "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/fantom-based-lender-geist-finance-shuts-down-permanently-over-multichain-hack", "source": "Cointelegraph contemporaneous report" },
        { "text": "CoinPaprika currently marks GEIST inactive.", "url": "https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/geist-geist-finance", "source": "CoinPaprika API" }
      ],
      "counterevidence": [
        { "text": "Withdraw-and-repay-only contracts may remain usable, and a current page exists at the old domain; neither establishes protocol reactivation or original-team control.", "url": "https://geist.finance/", "source": "Current domain" }
      ],
      "alternativeExplanations": ["The current domain may be maintained by a third party or for informational/SEO purposes."],
      "unknowns": ["Current domain ownership continuity with the former team remains unverified."],
      "nextChecks": ["Verify domain ownership lineage and archive the complete official shutdown thread."]
    }
  ]
}