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Crypto moves on social — but verification doesn’t. A KOL can post a call in 10 seconds. Figuring out whether that call actually performed (and whether followers got farmed) usually takes way longer. And that gap is where the noise lives.

Verification is missing

Most “proof” in crypto looks like:
  • screenshots
  • cherry-picked time windows
  • selective reporting (“I called it earlier”, “I meant the other ticker”)
  • deleting misses and highlighting hits
Even when people want to be honest, there’s no shared standard for: “What was the entry moment, what happened after, and how risky was it for followers?”

The cost of noise

For apers

  • You chase hype, not signal.
  • You get baited into thin liquidity pumps.
  • You spend more time “investigating” than actually deciding.

For KOLs

  • If you’re good, it’s hard to prove consistently.
  • If you’re mid, you can hide behind vibes.
  • Your “reputation” becomes a narrative war instead of a track record.

For teams & builders

  • You pay for attention without a clean way to measure outcomes.
  • You can’t compare campaigns consistently across creators.

For devs & analysts

  • You waste cycles rebuilding the same verification workflow manually.

What OpenKol changes

OpenKol exists to make KOL calls comparable. It does this by staying strict about a few principles:

Public inputs only

OpenKol uses public post metadata and on-chain market data. No private “insider signals”. No hidden adjustments.

Timestamp anchoring

Every analysis is tied to a specific call timestamp so the chart and outcomes can’t be rewritten later.

Deterministic scoring

Same post + same market data ⇒ same score. Scoring is a repeatable transformation of normalized inputs.

Transparent methodology

OpenKol documents what affects the score (social engagement quality, price action, liquidity) so users can understand why a result is high or low.

Shareable evidence

Every analysis produces a permalink and a shareable OG card — so verification is public, not “trust me.”

What this is not

OpenKol is not a prediction engine and not financial advice. It’s a verification layer: a faster way to answer “Did this call actually perform, and how did it behave after the timestamp?”

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