How we research, check and fix our DOGE guides

Our principles

doge-coin.finance is an independent guide to Dogecoin (DOGE). Meme coins attract more hype, half-truths and outright scams than almost any corner of crypto, and Dogecoin, as the oldest and best-known of them, gets more than its share. This editorial policy exists to keep us honest. In short: every fact needs a source and a date, live numbers come from live data and nowhere else, nobody pays for a better score, and mistakes get fixed in the open.

These rules apply to every page in every language we publish: English, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish and French. Localised versions are adapted for their readers rather than translated word for word, but they must carry the same facts as the English original.

Sourcing and primary sources

We start from primary sources wherever they exist. For the Dogecoin network that means the Dogecoin Core code and release notes and block explorers such as Blockchair. For exchanges it means their own fee schedules, terms and announcements, plus the public registers of regulators. For ETFs and listed companies it means SEC filings on EDGAR. For taxes it means the tax authority’s own guidance, not a blog summary of it.

Secondary sources, such as news reports or aggregators like CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, are used for context and market data, and we name them. When two reputable sources disagree, we say so. Dogecoin’s all-time high is a good example: CoinGecko records about $0.7316 on 7 May 2021, while CoinMarketCap shows roughly $0.7376 on 8 May, because the two aggregate different exchanges and time zones. We show both rather than pick one silently.

If we can’t verify something, we leave it out or label it clearly as unconfirmed. We don’t publish rumours about listings, partnerships or Elon Musk’s holdings, and we don’t invent price targets.

Dated snapshots

Crypto facts age fast. Fees change, licences are granted or withdrawn, and an exchange that served your country last spring may not today. So every number that can change carries a date in the text, for example “on 14 October 2026 CoinGecko listed DOGE at about $0.0815”. Each source in a page’s source list shows when we last checked it. Titles and headings never contain years, so a page doesn’t look fresher or staler than it is; the “updated” date at the top tells you when it was last reviewed.

Live data policy

Prices, market cap, volume and percentage changes are never typed into articles as “current”. They come from widgets that load data directly in your browser from public APIs: CoinGecko first, with Binance’s public market data as a backup, Blockchair for network statistics, and the jsDelivr-hosted currency API or open.er-api.com for exchange rates. If those sources fail, the widgets hide the numbers rather than show something stale or made up. A sentence with a live number in it is written so it still makes sense when the number is missing.

How we score exchanges

Our exchange reviews give each platform a score out of 10, based on six criteria. The weight of each one depends on context: a strong local licence counts for a lot in a country with a strict regulator, while a local-currency DOGE pair matters most where card fees are high. We explain the score in plain language on every review, so you can disagree with our weighting and still use the facts.

An exchange can’t buy a higher score, and it can’t avoid a lower one by asking nicely. When a platform has a serious problem, we say so. Poland’s zondacrypto is the clearest case: after its collapse we stopped recommending it entirely and review Kanga instead. If you’re just getting started, our guide to buying Dogecoin puts the reviews in context.

Independence and money

We have no affiliation with the Dogecoin Foundation, the Dogecoin Core developers, Elon Musk or any exchange. No outside party reviews our pages before publication, and there are no paid placements, sponsored articles or paid rankings anywhere on the site.

Many pages have buttons that link to CEX.IO. That is an editorial choice, not a partnership, and we explain our reasons on the about page. The link has no effect on our reviews or rankings, and we write about CEX.IO with the same caveats as anyone else: it doesn’t accept new EU or EEA sign-ups, it doesn’t serve India or Canada, and its UK FCA entry is an anti-money-laundering registration, not full authorisation.

AI-assisted drafting

We use AI tools to help gather research, organise notes and draft text. They are fast and useful, and they also get things wrong with great confidence. So every AI-assisted draft is checked by an editor against the primary sources listed on the page before it is published. Numbers, dates, licence details and quotes are verified by hand. A page is only as good as its sources, not as good as the tool that helped write it, and responsibility for every published word stays with us.

Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes. When we do, we want to know. Here’s how corrections work:

• Email support@doge-coin.finance with the page, the problem and a source if you have one.
• An editor checks the claim against primary sources, usually within two working days.
• Confirmed errors are fixed on the page and its updated date changes.
• Material errors, such as a wrong fee, licence or tax rule, get a short correction note on the page.
• The same fix is carried into every language version of that page.

We don’t quietly rewrite history. If a correction changes a conclusion, such as an exchange’s score, we say what changed and why.

Update cadence

Fast-moving pages, such as country guides, exchange reviews, the Dogecoin ETF overview and the scams guide, are reviewed regularly and whenever news breaks: a new licence, a regulator warning, a fee change. Evergreen explainers like what Dogecoin is are reviewed less often but still checked against the latest Dogecoin Core release and network data. Much diligence, very boring, entirely necessary.