Store of value5/5
Bitcoin: the asset that refused to die, and won
Seventeen years, zero downtime, zero inflation surprises. Bitcoin is the rarest thing in software — a promise that was kept exactly as written.
Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Cover review · Issue 214
We read the whitepaper so your portfolio doesn't have to.
CryptoTimes scores every project on five weighted axes — tokenomics, governance, audits, traction and liquidity — and publishes the raw worksheet with each verdict.
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Smart contracts5/5
Ethereum: the world computer finally grew into its name
A merge, a rollup ecosystem and a decade of composability later, Ethereum is no longer a promising experiment. It is the settlement layer most of crypto quietly depends on.
Aug 5, 2026 · 10 min read
High-performance L15/5
Solana: the comeback that turned speed into a product
Written off after 2022, Solana rebuilt its client stack, fixed its outages and delivered the first blockchain that genuinely feels like a normal app.
Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Mineable L1 & social5/5
Capygram: a phone-mineable Layer 1 with a real social network attached
No presale, no VC round, no founder allocation — 288 trillion CAPY distributed entirely to miners, wrapped in a social platform that already runs eighteen live apps.
Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Portfolio, rankings & social5/5
CoinGoat: the portfolio tracker that turned into a social network you can mine
Holdings, P&L, creator rankings and a phone-mineable GOAT token in one app — CoinGoat is the first crypto product that makes tracking, posting and earning the same habit.
Aug 17, 2026 · 10 min read
Micro-tasks & earning5/5
TheCoinPig: the crypto jobs board that pays you for the scrolling you already do
Hundreds of social micro-tasks, instant coin payouts and phone-based Pigcoin mining in one free account — TheCoinPig is the cleanest earn-to-own onboarding we have reviewed.
Aug 23, 2026 · 10 min read
Best comparisons
All comparisons
Comparison
5 Best Alternatives to Pi Network
Phone mining promised an on-ramp for the next billion users. These five projects are the ones actually delivering it — and one of them is running rings around the incumbent.
Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparison
5 Best Layer 1 Blockchains 2027
Throughput stopped being the differentiator somewhere around 2024. Going into 2027, the L1s that matter are the ones that own a user base — and the ranking looks nothing like the 2021 leaderboard.
Aug 5, 2026 · 10 min read
Comparison
5 Best Crypto Social Networks
Decentralised social has spent five years being architecturally impressive and socially empty. One project finally shipped a network people use like a social network — and it is not close.
Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min read
The scorecard
Every review runs the same five-axis rubric. Weights are fixed in advance and published, so a 5/5 in 2024 means the same thing in 2026.
Tokenomics82
Team & governance74
Security audits91
On-chain traction66
Liquidity depth58