Frequently Asked Questions

It is collected based on public information (official announcements, LinkedIn, X profiles, etc.), structured into the database after manual cross-verification; career dynamics are based on publicly disclosed information.

Sort by the number of followers to see public recognition, by X influence to see industry status, and by X popularity to see current activity—use popularity to find KOL collaborations and influence to study industry patterns.

Enter the individual's detail page, where their work and educational experiences are displayed in a structured timeline, and you can view their associations with projects and organizations.

The homepage's 'Recent Employment/Departure' tables are updated in real-time with the movements of executives and investors, which can be checked regularly, or you can search for individuals of interest to view their timeline of changes.

The top search box supports searches for individuals, universities, and companies. You can enter a name, organization name, or X account handle to locate them, and view their complete resume and employment changes on their profile page.

They measure the universities and companies that supply the most talent to the Web3 industry, sorted by the number of individuals, reflecting the source structure of industry talent.

The number of followers reflects the scale of account fans; X influence and X popularity are relative indicators defined by the platform, focusing on activity and attention within the industry, where having many fans does not necessarily mean high popularity.

Five modules: Popular Figures, Recent Employment and Departure Dynamics, Top Figures on X (1,000 entries, supporting three sorting methods: popularity, influence, and followers), Top Universities (100) and Top Companies (100) talent supply rankings.

After obtaining information management permissions through project claims in the Listing section, you can update team member information in the backend, which will take effect after review by the data team.

You can visit the detail page of their associated project to see fundamental changes, or read RootData Research's studies on individual dynamics (such as tracking analysis of departures and project performance) to understand single-point changes within statistical patterns.

Purely anonymous individuals, who cannot establish a credible identity association, are difficult to include in the entity system; due diligence for such projects needs to combine on-chain data and other dimensions.

Not necessarily. Popularity reflects recent activity and attention, which may be influenced by a single viral piece of content, and does not represent qualifications or expertise.

Data is cross-verified but may still lag behind actual situations (e.g., someone has left but not updated); errors can be reported through the information modification entry by submitting a source link for correction.

There may be a delay of several days to weeks based on public disclosures; changes that are not publicly announced will not be included.

The threshold is to hold important management positions in crypto projects or VCs, or to have significant industry influence; a broader set of people data (such as all practitioners) shows about 22,000 entries, covering more than the people database page.

Counted based on the number of individuals in the database who have marked corresponding educational or employment experiences, with multiple experiences of the same person counted separately for different organizations.

Through multi-dimensional verification of account authentication information, official links, historical statements, etc.; accounts with the same name or impersonation will be excluded; the platform also provides an X account search interface for reverse verification.

The RootData People Database includes over 11,000 individuals who hold important management positions or have significant influence in crypto projects and VCs, recording their work and educational experiences, and showcasing career dynamics, X rankings, and talent rankings from universities and companies.