Blockchains DNA fosters an inclusive, educational community where professionals from all backgrounds can learn, share experiences, and advance their blockchain careers. These guidelines establish expectations for all participants and contributors.
All content prioritises educational value over promotional interests, maintaining academic rigour whilst ensuring accessibility for career transitioners.
Factual accuracy is non-negotiable. Claims must be substantiated with credible sources; we acknowledge uncertainty and correct errors promptly.
Professional, constructive discourse is expected. Technical disagreement is welcomed; personal attacks, discrimination, and harassment are prohibited.
Contributors must disclose conflicts of interest, token holdings, employment relationships, and affiliate arrangements relevant to submissions.
Disclosure: "I currently hold ETH and AAVE tokens (total value <£2,000). I have no employment relationship with Aave or competing protocols. This analysis reflects my independent assessment."
A multi-tier system maintaining community standards.
Prohibited language, spam/duplicate detection, plagiarism detection, quality thresholds.
Educational value, factual accuracy, guideline alignment, writing quality, conflict disclosure.
Code accuracy, mechanism descriptions, security analysis, model correctness.
Reported inaccuracies, quality voting, outdated-info flags, periodic audits.
Published immediately or after minor refinements (with your approval).
Returned with specific feedback — resubmission welcome.
Does not meet standards or violates guidelines (reason provided).
A graduated system balancing accountability with remediation — most violations stem from misunderstanding rather than malice.
Minor/first-time infractions — a private message with guidance. No public record.
Repeated minor violations or undisclosed conflicts — content unpublished until addressed; revise and resubmit.
Multiple violations, deliberate misinformation, harassment — 30–90 day suspension; prior contributions reviewed.
Severe violations, scams, illegal content — permanent exclusion; prior contributions reviewed and potentially removed.
For truly anonymous submissions (salary data, certain reviews), we don't log IP addresses or fingerprints, don't require accounts, use one-time untraceable submission tokens, and aggregate data before publication to prevent de-anonymisation.
Draft amendments posted for review (minimum 14-day comment period).
Contributors provide input via a dedicated forum.
Editorial board incorporates feedback and publishes the final version.
30-day grace period before new guidelines take effect.
Version 1.0 — initial guidelines published, November 2025.
Questions about contributing or interpretation — [email protected]
Report content that violates guidelines — [email protected]
Issues with submission forms — [email protected]
Appeal moderation decisions — [email protected]
By submitting content to Blockchains DNA, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to abide by these community guidelines.
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