What this site is
ISO Coins is an independent educational guide to eight crypto projects that are often linked to the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard: XRP, XLM, XDC, ALGO, HBAR, IOTA, QNT and ADA. It combines deep, sourced coin pages with practical guides on buying, storing, selling, taxes and emergencies. The aim is understanding, not persuasion.
"ISO Coins" is a working brand name. It may change, and it is defined in one place in the code. It does not imply any link to the International Organization for Standardization or to the projects covered.
Who it is for
Readers in Israel and Hebrew or English speakers elsewhere who are starting from zero. Concepts are explained with plain language and analogies. Practical sections take Israeli realities into account, such as ILS deposits, bank questions and the Israeli tax treatment, and always say when something could not be verified.
What it is not
- Not investment, financial, legal or tax advice, and not a signal service. See the disclaimer.
- Not a price predictor and not a place for hype or fear.
- Not a promise that any project, exchange or wallet is safe, licensed or available to you.
- Not an official channel of any project or company.
How facts are sourced
- Primary sources first: official documentation, whitepapers, source code, foundation reports, regulator documents, court filings and official help centers.
- Reputable media second, and labeled as secondary when it is the only source.
- No forums, influencers or price-prediction sites as evidence.
- Every claim gets a numbered reference to a source list at the end of the page, with the date we accessed it.
- Three kinds of adoption evidence are kept apart: verified live usage, announced partnerships or pilots, and narratives that are not verified.
- Unverifiable means omitted or labeled: if we cannot confirm something, the page says it is unverified or leaves it out.
update dates
Every page shows a last-updated date near the top, and things that change (availability, fees, supply, regulation) are written as "at the time of writing". A date tells you when we checked, not that the fact is still true today.
Independent fact-check
A second, independent pass re-checks the claims against their sources, and the results and corrections are logged in FACTCHECK.md in the project repository. Disagreements and open items are recorded there rather than hidden.
How scores work
Each coin gets seven category scores from 1 to 10, with written rationale and a source for each. The rubric and the meaning of the anchor scores are explained on the evaluation page. To keep scores comparable across coins, all eight were reviewed together, and every change made in that review is documented in CALIBRATION.md in the repository. Scores describe verifiable facts at the time of writing. They are not predictions of price, and they can change when evidence changes.
Update policy
The target is to re-verify every page quarterly, and sooner for fast-moving facts such as exchange availability or regulation. This is a target, not a guarantee. If a page is older than its last-updated date suggests, check the sources yourself.
Corrections and contact
If you find an error or an outdated link, open an issue in the project's repository with the page, the claim and a source. Verified corrections are made and the last-updated date is updated for the affected page.
Links and independence
Some outbound links to exchanges and wallets may become referral links in the future. If that happens, a disclosure is shown next to them and it does not change what is written or how scores are given. Exchanges and wallets listed are those we could verify against their own documentation; the lists are not rankings.