Award Description: This award is given to the best crypto data provider, with the speecific goal of improving existing crypto data & price discovery environment.

 Methodology: Random survey of cryptocurrency users, non-scientific; Minimum of 150 responses required

 Frequency: Annually - Surveys between September and December, publication during the following January - March

Categories: This year we changed things a bit. Instead of a global winner, we decided to provide a more granular performance assessment, recognizing that some data services may perform variably across different quality domains:

BEST Overall Data Price Service:

[Shown as %Total Vote]

47% Coinpaprika

18% Nomics

18% CoinMarketCap

12% Coingecko

6% Blockspot

 Award Description: This award is given to the best crypto data provider, with the speecific goal of improving existing crypto data & price discovery environment.

 Methodology: Random survey of cryptocurrency users, non-scientific; Minimum of 150 responses required

 Frequency: Annually - Surveys between September and December, publication during the following January - March

Categories: To ensure transparency, here are the criteria we used to score competing services (Coinpaprika, CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and Crypto.com). All criteria graded on a 5-point scale:

[1] The service is user-friendly

{1 = not at all; 5 = always}

[2] The service is responsive when there are issues that need attention

{1 = never; 5 = always}

[3] The provider charges for listings

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[4] The provider erects non-price barriers to entry for coins and projects

{1 = many barriers; 5 = no barriers}

[5] The provider de-lists projects or pairs without warning

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[6] The provider incorporates price data from unreliable exchanges

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[7] The provider updates project details to reflect most recent project status

{1 = never; 5 = always}

[8] Data inconsistencies were found by me on the provider's platform

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[9] Service fees, if present, are reasonable and affordable

{1 = hardly; 2 = always}

[10] The service is biased toward/against large or small cap projects (either applies)

{1 = obviously; 2 = never}

  Award Description: This award is given to the best multi-block explorer platform, with the goal of improving existing block explorer ecosystem and project inclusivity.

Methodology: Random survey of cryptocurrency users, non-scientific; Minimum of 150 responses required

Frequency: Annually - Surveys between September and December, publication during the following January - March

Categories: To ensure transparency, here are the criteria we used to score competing services (CryptoID, Blockchair, TokenView, OpenChains.info, Blockchain.info). All criteria graded on a 5-point scale:

[1] The service is user-friendly

{1 = not at all; 5 = always}

[2] The service is responsive when there are issues that need attention

{1 = never; 5 = always}

[3] The provider charges for listings

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[4] The provider erects non-price barriers to entry for coins and projects

{1 = many barriers; 5 = no barriers}

[5] The provider de-lists projects  without reasonable warning

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[6] The provider has data reliability issues or outages

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[7] The provider updates project details to reflect most recent project status

{1 = never; 5 = always}

[8] Data inconsistencies were found by me on the provider's platform

{1 = always; 5 = never}

[9] Service fees, if present, are reasonable and affordable

{1 = hardly; 2 = always}

[10] The service is biased toward/against large or small cap projects (either applies)

{1 = obviously; 2 = never}