r/CryptoTechnology rules, stats, and what to post

r/CryptoTechnology is a subreddit for serious and technical discussion of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. The people posting here want to dig into how the technology works and what its implications are, not talk about prices. The description is blunt about what it does not want, saying absolutely no memes, links, price, marketing or promotional posts. This is a room for engineers, researchers, and builders who want substance, and the rules back that up by demanding discussion-starting posts and due diligence on every question.

The rule that decides almost everything here is “R2: No Spam or Shilling”, which says the primary purpose of your post should not be promotion of a coin, bans referral links and boosted PR articles, and leaves the final call to moderator discretion. “R5: No Low Quality / Low Effort Posts” is the second gate, because it bans memes and image links, requires that your post seeks to start a discussion about crypto technology, and says any question must show you have done your due diligence first. “R8: Keep Discussions on Topic” matters because it bans market discussion, allows only crypto tech innovation announcements, and says news can be discussed but not announced. “R9: Use Appropriate Titles and Flairs” bans caps lock, clickbait, breaking news framing, and emojis in titles. “R7: Content Theft” bans plagiarism and undisclosed AI content, which matters if any part of your workflow involves AI writing. “R3: No Manipulation” bans vote solicitation and astroturfing, so never ask anyone to upvote your post. “R10: Communicate with the Mods” tells you to use modmail, which is the right channel if you are unsure whether something is allowed.

A good post here starts a genuine technical discussion about blockchain or cryptocurrency technology. Write a detailed text post that explains a technical problem you ran into, a design decision you are wrestling with, or an implication of the technology you find interesting, and invite others to push back. If you include a link, it must contain high quality content, and your own post text must be detailed enough to stand on its own without the link. If you ask a question, show your due diligence in the post itself, meaning you explain what you already know and where you got stuck. Titles should be plain and descriptive, with no caps lock, clickbait, or emojis. If you want to share an announcement, the only kind allowed is a crypto tech innovation, and it still has to meet the quality bar. Anything else, like a survey or a bot, needs moderator approval before you post, so use modmail first.

Never post anything whose primary purpose is promoting a coin, because that is the exact trigger for “R2: No Spam or Shilling” and it is judged at moderator discretion. Do not drop a link with a thin post around it, because “R5: No Low Quality / Low Effort Posts” says your text must be detailed enough to stand on its own. Do not post memes or image links, and do not ask a question without showing your homework first. Do not post market discussion, price talk, partnerships, minor software updates, new coin announcements, or adoption posts, because “R8: Keep Discussions on Topic” rules all of that out. Do not use referral links or link to boosted or promoted PR articles. Do not use undisclosed AI content or plagiarize anything, per “R7: Content Theft”. Do not run a bot, giveaway, or survey without contacting the mod team first, because “R2: No Spam or Shilling” requires approval for bots and “R4: No giveaways or illicit activities” requires approval for giveaways and surveys. Do not use caps lock, clickbait, emojis, or breaking news framing in your title, per “R9: Use Appropriate Titles and Flairs”. Do not solicit votes or comments, and do not astroturf, because “R3: No Manipulation” bans all of it.

What stands out to me is that the rules name where things belong, like sending memes to r/CryptoCurrencyMemes and market talk to r/CryptoMarkets, which tells you the mods care about keeping this room technical rather than just deleting everything. I also find it refreshing that links are not banned outright, they just have to earn their place next to a post that stands on its own. That is exactly the kind of community where a founder who does real homework can earn a reputation, and exactly the wrong place to paste a press release.