Recently, people keep asking me: what exactly should I look at to assess a project's "credibility"? Honestly, don't get distracted by AI Agents, automated trading narratives, or hype. The more automated the on-chain interactions are, the more cautious you should be about security.

My own rough method: first, check GitHub to see if it's maintained long-term, and whether the commit history is consistent rather than sporadic; then look at the audit reports—it's not about "audited = safe," but whether high-risk issues are clearly documented and if they've been addressed afterward; finally, pay attention to upgrade permissions—multi-signature is a plus, but check if the signers are decentralized and whether there are timelocks or similar buffers. Last time, I had to refresh/retry several times on a DEX routing before it passed; thinking back, it’s actually good that it was slow—at least it didn’t automatically trade my wallet with a single click... Anyway, be cautious—slippage can be considered a margin of error in life.