Last updated: 17 July 2026

Editorial Policy

PassivePin is a curated editorial product. This page documents who writes for us, how we handle errors, and where the line sits between editorial content and commercial relationships.

Editorial independence

PassivePin is owned and operated by Jordan, an individual based in Australia. There is no corporate parent, no holding company, and no investor that reviews our content before publication. The site is supported by a combination of referral commissions, display advertising, and out-of-pocket operating costs. None of these revenue sources has a veto over what we publish or how we score a project.

The wall between editorial and commercial

We treat editorial and commercial as separate functions. The same person may write an article and accept a referral commission from a project mentioned in it, but the commission does not change the article. If a project that pays us a referral behaves badly, we say so. If a project that pays us nothing behaves well, we say that too. The methodology page documents the scoring rubric, which is fixed; we do not adjust it to favor paying projects.

Sourcing

Every quantitative claim on the site is backed by a primary or secondary source we link to. For earning rates, we prefer the project's own on-chain dashboard. For team claims, we prefer a published team page or a verifiable on-chain identity. For "x% of nodes are in country Y" type claims, we prefer an independent measurement over the project's own count. Where we cannot verify a claim, we say "unverified" on the card.

Corrections

Errors are inevitable. When we publish a material error (a wrong earning rate, a wrong chain, a wrong project description), we correct it within seven days and note the correction in the changelog at the bottom of the homepage. Minor errors (a typo, a broken link) are corrected silently. We do not unpublish or hide articles that have been corrected; the original and the correction are both visible.

Conflicts of interest

When a contributor holds tokens in a project they are reviewing, they disclose it on the project card. When a project has paid us a referral commission in the past 12 months, that is also disclosed on the card. The site does not accept paid placements: no project can pay to be listed, ranked higher, or featured in a guide. Sponsored guides, if we ever publish them, will be clearly labeled and separated from editorial guides.

Use of AI tools

Some of the explanatory content on this site is drafted with the assistance of large language models, then reviewed, fact-checked, and edited by a human before publication. We use AI tools to accelerate research, summarize long project documents, and produce first drafts. We do not use AI to write earning-rate numbers, scoring decisions, or any claim we cannot verify against a primary source. Where AI assistance is significant, the page footnote says so.

Inclusivity and accessibility

We aim to write at a reading level accessible to a non-technical reader who is curious about DePIN. Technical jargon is defined the first time it appears. The site is tested for accessibility against WCAG 2.1 AA; if you find an accessibility issue, email us and we will prioritize the fix.

If you disagree with us

We publish reasoned disagreements. If you run a project and believe a review is materially wrong, email hello@passivepin.xyz with the disputed claim and the evidence. We will either publish a correction or, if we believe the original review was correct, publish a note explaining the disagreement. We do not suppress critical reviews in response to complaints from listed projects.