Community: Adoption & Engagement
Measuring user adoption, ecosystem growth, and network effects
What is Community?
Community measures the size, growth, and engagement of a project's user base and ecosystem. It includes daily active users, developer activity, social engagement, and the strength of network effects.
A strong community provides organic growth, resilience during downturns, and creates network effects that make a protocol more valuable as more people use it. Communities can make or break a project regardless of technology.
Key Evaluation Factors
User Adoption Metrics
Active usage demonstrates real demand and value creation beyond speculation.
- Daily active users and unique addresses
- Transaction volume and frequency
- Growth in new wallet addresses over time
Ecosystem Development
A thriving ecosystem of applications and services creates sustainable value.
- Number and quality of applications built on the protocol
- Active developers building in the ecosystem
- Strategic partnerships and integrations
Community Engagement
Engaged communities provide feedback, evangelize, and support the project's growth.
- Social media following and engagement rates
- Community events, hackathons, and meetups
- User retention and churn rates
Scoring Examples
High daily active users, thriving ecosystem of dapps, strong developer community, viral growth, active governance participation
Growing user base, emerging ecosystem, engaged social following, regular community events, positive sentiment
Moderate adoption, limited ecosystem, some social presence, occasional community activities
Low or declining users, weak ecosystem, minimal engagement, ghost community channels
Why Community Matters
Network effects are the most powerful force in crypto. A protocol becomes more valuable as more people use it, creating a virtuous cycle of growth. Strong communities provide this network effect.
Communities also provide resilience during downturns. Projects with passionate users and active ecosystems survive bear markets better than those with fair-weather participants.
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