Methodology

This page outlines the methodology behind our metrics and dashboards, detailing our approach and key considerations that shape them. It also highlights the trade-offs we've made as a lean, bootstrapped project.

Data Freshness

We first index a token's data after a user has searched for it in our system. New tokens are indexed every 20 minutes.

  1. Token Data (price + market cap): Updated every 30 min
  2. Pool Data: Updated every 3 hours
  3. Top Tokens: Updated every 3 hours
  4. Top Pools: Updated every 3 hours
  5. Token Holders: Updated daily
  6. Circulating Supply: Updated daily

Data Management

As a bootstrapped project one of the ways we manage our costs is by limiting the data we aggregate. We maintain lists of tokens that, for various reasons, we have deemed not worth fully indexing by default. Outlined below are the criteria used to determine whether a token should be ignored.


Ignore List

These tokens are indexed but not included in our "top" lists.

  1. Holders: < 1000
  2. Market Cap: < $250k

Remove List

In addition to the ignore list restrictions these tokens are not indexed completely and are excluded from search suggestions.

  1. Major stables (USDC, USDT) + SOL: Currently we are not fully indexing major stablecoins or the Solana native token (SOL). The primary reason for this is the trade-off between cost and value. Fully indexing SOL and USDC incurs a significant expense that, as a bootstrapped project, we aim to avoid especially since it does not offer substantial value to us or our primary users. Currently, Solsearch is designed for discovering and analyzing tokens beyond SOL itself, searching for gems and following the quality of favorite projects launched on Solana. Plus SOL and stablecoin data are readily available from other reliable sources. To be clear, we do have many SOL and USDC pools indexed as a result of indexing them for other tokens. This all said, we may revisit this decision in the future, and are always open to community feedback.
  2. Price Data: No price data (as returned by Helius)
  3. Name/Ticker: No name or ticker data (as returned by Helius)
  4. Search Count: Never been looked up on Solsearch
  5. Holders: < 400
  6. Market Cap: < $100k

Some tokens are removed from our "top" lists for other reasons:

  1. VIRTUAL: More than 90% of liquidity is on Ethereum.
  2. LIBRA: Most of the current liquidity is suspected to be inorganic.

These rules are evaluated on a rolling basis so it is possible for a token to be taken off of the ignore list.


We are constantly iterating on these rules and will update this document as they evolve.

Token Pools List

The token pools page list shows all pools that have an aggregate liquidity > $10

DEX Coverage

  1. Meteora
    1. Dynamic Pools
    2. Dynamic Liquidity Market Maker (DLMM) Pools
  2. Raydium
    1. Legacy v4 Pools
    2. Concentrated Liquidity Market Maker (CLMM) Pools
    3. Constant Product Market Maker (CPMM) Pools
  3. Orca
    1. Whirlpools

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