Editorial Policy
This policy explains how CryptoCalk creates calculator content and supporting educational material. Our goal is practical clarity: users should understand inputs, assumptions, and output limitations before acting on any result.
1. Content Principles
- Use plain language first, formulas second.
- Show assumptions and ranges where outcomes are uncertain.
- Separate educational guidance from promotional messaging.
- State clearly that calculators are not financial advice.
2. Source Standards
Market prices and selected metadata are pulled from public API sources (primarily CoinGecko). Formula definitions are based on standard financial and trading math used in public documentation and exchange education centers.
For anything set by law or by protocol consensus — tax rates, holding periods, inheritance allowances, block rewards, validator minimums — we hold a stricter standard:
- Primary sources are the standard. The statute, the tax authority, or the protocol's own code. A tax-guide article may point us at a change, but the source we aim to record is the law itself. Where a jurisdiction is still pinned to a secondary guide, the methodology page names it in the source table rather than leaving you to assume — those jurisdictions are the re-verification queue.
- Every constant is dated. Each of the 101 tracked values carries the source it was verified against and the date of that verification.
- Re-verification is scheduled, not incidental. An automated monitor re-reads the source pages; separately, changes with known effective dates (halvings, emission eras, tax years) are tracked on a calendar, because no page-watcher can see a date that has not arrived yet.
- A flag is not a change. When the monitor reports that a source moved, a human re-reads the primary source before any number on the site moves. Checks that confirm the existing value are recorded too.
The methodology page lists the specific sources used per jurisdiction.
3. Review Process
Major page updates follow a review pass before release:
- Formula and unit sanity checks.
- UI/UX checks for input clarity and result readability.
- Basic SEO checks (title, description, heading structure, schema where applicable).
- Build verification in production mode.
4. Update Frequency
We update pages when one of these happens:
- New calculator feature is released.
- Input assumptions need correction or clarification.
- API behavior changes affect output interpretation.
- Technical SEO or accessibility improvements are applied.
5. Corrections Policy
If an error is found, we prioritise correction over rewrite. Material corrections are reflected in the public changelog so updates remain auditable, and we do not silently restate history: an old dated entry stays as written and a new dated entry records the fix.
We publish our own mistakes. Past corrections include a Dash mining reward that overstated miner revenue roughly fourfold (the stored figure was the whole in-block coinbase, of which a miner receives a quarter), a Japanese inheritance estimate about three times too high (a single band rate had been applied to the whole estate instead of the statutory per-heir method), and a Kaspa block reward recorded ten times too low. Each is described in the methodology.
If you believe a number here is wrong, write to us with the source you are comparing against. Reports that identify a specific primary source are acted on first.
6. Conflict and Monetisation Disclosure
This site is free and funded solely by display advertising. We do not use affiliate links anywhere on CryptoCalk — there are no referral parameters on any outbound link, and we earn nothing if you open an account with an exchange, broker, or wallet. There are no sponsored placements, no paid inclusion in any comparison, and no advertiser input into default values or recommendations. Monetisation will never alter formula logic or ranking methodology for calculator outputs.
7. Financial Risk Notice
Crypto assets are volatile. Calculator outputs are estimates based on user-entered values and available market data. Always validate independently before making investment decisions.
