Every day, someone gets drained by a fake BD, tricked by a cloned founder, or wastes hours on an impersonator. Verify Page traces any affiliation claim back to the project's own official account. If the chain exists, they're real.
"Hey, I'm the APAC BD lead at [Protocol]. Let's explore a partnership." They copy the real person's avatar, mimic their tone, and send a phishing link. By the time you verify, the assets are gone.
Same profile photo, same banner, one letter off in the handle. They DM your community with "exclusive allocation" or "airdrop whitelist." Your users trust the face. The funds vanish.
"We have an opportunity at [Fund]." No way to verify they actually work there. You share your background, your contacts, sometimes even wallet addresses — then realize it was social engineering all along.
The project's official Twitter account becomes the root of the chain. This is the one anchor no impersonator can forge.
The project vouches its senior team. They vouch theirs. Each layer carries the weight of the person above — gold, green, bronze, all traceable.
Someone claims to work at Acme? Paste their handle. You see the chain back to @acme_official — or you don't. No ambiguity.
| Approach | Coverage | Cost | Stops impersonation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange anti-scam pages | Their own staff only | Free | For exchanges, yes. Everyone else, no. |
| Twitter / X blue check | Anyone with $8 | $8/mo per person | No — paid, not vetted. |
| "CZ follows them" | ~10 people | Free | No — too sparse, easily spoofed. |
| Email DKIM (LinkedIn-style) | @company.com holders | Free | Fails for advisors, contractors, contributors. |
| Verify Page | Any project, any role | Free | Yes — traced to the project's own account. |
Five minutes. Free. Anchor your project's identity before someone else borrows it.