Template talk:Infobox cryptocurrency

Market cap, again
So I noticed that updated the 'market_cap' field at Bitcoin, which makes sense. Before, there was no citation, so that editor also added coinmarketcap.com as a source. Per Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_384, coinmarketcap.com is not seen as a reliable source, even in the crypto community.

So that introduces a deeper problem. What, exactly, would qualify as a reliable source for this? Including this number at all is telling reader it is significant, but this is not up to editors to decide based on first-hand familiarity, it must be supported by sources. To put it another way, if market capitalization is significant, it should be possible to find reliable sources for every crypto in which it is significant, and these sources should be cited in every single infobox which includes this information.

I don't really think that's practical or neutral, so I would suggest that this field be removed. If this is important for a specific crypto, it should be explained in the body of that article with reliable WP:IS providing context. Grayfell (talk) 06:55, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * FYI,  lists 21 articles using market_cap, as of Nov 1 (, click-to-show).
 * With ref: coinmarketcap.com: bitcoin; bscscan.com: SafeMoon; cryptolistcoin.com Tether (cryptocurrency), USD Coin (sic). DePiep (talk) 08:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Since there has been no response in the past few months, and the only article which includes this field per was Cardano (blockchain platform), I  have removed this field. Grayfell (talk) 06:35, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, I should mention that Worldcoin also used it, but it again cited Coinmarketcap.com which is still not a reliable source, so I removed that, also. Grayfell (talk) 06:38, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Redundancy with 'website' field
At multiple articles this infobox lists the 'website' URL twice with identical content. First in the 'development' field, and then again automatically in the 'administration' section. Hopefully someone with more knowledge of template syntax can remove this redundancy. Grayfell (talk) 21:02, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * The infobox can publish three different websites (apart from ref-sources & manually entered ones in regular input). Each is shown just once.
 * DePiep (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
 * (oops, I checked wrong template. Will check this in the Crypto-infobox. -DePiep (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC))
 * You are right, there is website and issuing_authority_website, the first one us used twice by the infobox.
 * I will make a healing plan. -DePiep (talk) 21:34, 6 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Will undo reuse of parameters website, issuing_authority_website. To be:
 * website solely under header Development, remove from header Administration; ::issuing_authority_website solely under header Administration (with "Issuing authority: ...", "Authority website: ...").
 * -DePiep (talk) 09:25, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Better: both websites at bottom of infobox (as is our standard). See bitcoin.
 * Other changes:
 * 1. add name, synonym for currency_name.
 * 2. Put Name as Title above the box, not inside (infobox standard)
 * 3. use header color "silver", more neutral.
 * ready for deployment. -DePiep (talk) 09:48, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

✅ . See e.g., Nxt.-DePiep (talk) 10:04, 9 November 2022 (UTC)