Field-guide appendix
How Minted & Gone records NFT marketplaces, classifies their status, and handles uncertainty.
Minted & Gone is a historical archive, not a trading dashboard. Records preserve marketplace identity, timeline events, source notes, archive links, and unresolved review flags.
Current records are source-reviewed drafts. They are real source-backed registry entries, but they are not final public-quality certifications.
Minted & Gone counts NFT marketplace records: standalone marketplaces, aggregators, CEX-operated NFT marketplace features, brand marketplaces, chain-specific marketplaces, curated art markets, gaming markets, and community continuation projects when source support is strong enough.
It does not track NFT collection rankings, token prices, wallet balances, floor prices, trading recommendations, marketplace safety scores, or real-time uptime monitoring. It is a historical registry, not a live market product.
Each entry is built from three layers: the marketplace record, timeline events, and evidence notes. The marketplace record describes identity and classification. Events describe major changes. Evidence notes show the sources used to support those claims.
Source-reviewed draft
A source-reviewed draft is a real registry entry backed by source material. It is no longer a fictional placeholder. But it may still have open review work for official sources, exact archived captures, frontend checks, contract behavior, asset handling, or successor relationships.
That is why records expose confidence, review status, evidence notes, and record quality flags instead of hiding uncertainty.
Status definitions
The marketplace identity or public marketplace surface is represented as currently operating or reachable in this draft.
The marketplace no longer appears clearly active, but a permanent shutdown has not been proven strongly enough.
The original marketplace surface is treated as gone based on stronger shutdown, closure, unavailable-frontend, or archive evidence.
The independent marketplace identity changed through acquisition or became part of another owner or ecosystem.
Some function remains, but the marketplace is no longer operating in a normal full form.
Evidence is not strong enough for a clearer classification.
When evidence is weak, Minted & Gone prefers inactive or under-review wording rather than declaring a marketplace dead.
Confidence describes how strongly the current record is supported by sources. It is not a popularity score, safety score, or investment signal. A medium-confidence record may be useful while still needing stronger official or archived sources.
Official pages, shutdown notices, archived marketplace pages, reputable reporting, documentation, and primary posts are preferred. Research and database sources can support context, but they should not alone determine current status.
Original domains are preserved as historical identifiers, but they may expire, redirect, or be repurposed. For closed or changed marketplaces, archived captures are often the safer historical path.
Record quality flags
Flags are not decoration and not automatic errors. They identify what still needs review before a record can be treated as final public-quality.
A stronger official launch, history, or announcement source is still needed.
The public surface appears live, but a current direct review still needs to be recorded.
The current marketplace frontend behavior needs direct checking.
A wildcard archive exists, but exact relevant Wayback captures still need selection.
Underlying contract or on-chain marketplace behavior needs review.
User asset handling or post-shutdown asset path needs review.
A predecessor, successor, fork, or continuation relationship needs stronger sourcing.
NFT marketplaces can disappear unevenly. A frontend may be gone while contracts remain readable. A platform account may disappear while wallet-held assets remain visible elsewhere. These states are tracked separately where possible.
Stats are generated from the same JSON records used by the site. They are coverage and classification summaries, not live market analytics, ranking scores, or investment indicators.
Records are expected to improve. A better official notice, exact archive capture, contract reference, or status source can change a record’s confidence, flags, or classification.
Corrections
Corrections should include the marketplace name, the Minted & Gone page URL, what looks wrong, and source links. Archive URLs are especially useful for closed, redirected, or repurposed domains.
Open the correction desk