How to Get a Good WLC Score

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A good WLC score is very important for a project. The highest possible WLC score is 10, but it can also go into negative numbers.

The WLC score is based on the project's overall Reputation Score and Privacy Score. The highest possible score for both Reputation and Privacy is 10, and both scores can also become negative.

Factors That Affect the Reputation Score
Project Age: A project that has been operating for five years has a massive advantage over a project that launched recently.
Community Presence: Being active in crypto communities can improve the overall reputation score. Projects with multiple active communities have an advantage over projects with only one or no active community.
Guarantee Fund: A project that offers security for its users, such as escrow with a trusted member or community, can achieve a better reputation score than a project with no protection funds for customers. For newly launched projects, a guarantee fund can help to build a positive reputation more quickly, even compared to older projects. It is common sense that a project with $100,000 escrow secured with the community is not going to scam their customer to risk losing the $100,000 they deposited.
Own Liquidity/Bankroll: A service with its own liquidity or bankroll has a higher reputation score than a service without its own reserve funds. Having a reserve helps customers trust the business and its services more.
Code Audited by Third Party: Having the application code audited by a trusted third party can slightly improve a project's reputation. Open and audited code helps show that nothing suspicious is happening without the customers' knowledge.
List Status Scoring: If a project is identified as a "Scam," its reputation score will become negative. We strongly advise avoiding any "Scam" project. On the other hand, "Approved" and "Verified" status can add reputation points, which helps improve the overall WLC score. We always recommend project teams to Verify their project with us.
Potential Risk A project marked as "Potential Risk" may also receive negative reputation points. In some cases, if the risk is very low or almost negligible, the system may not reduce the overall reputation score.
Feedback: Positive feedback can quickly increase your reputation score. Neutral feedback also increases it, but at a slower rate. Negative feedback, however, can significantly lower your overall reputation score. We advise all project teams to treat customers fairly.
Good Customer Support Average Rating: A service that has recovered and maintains a 5-star customer support rating has a higher reputation score than a service with no customer support rating.
Ownership verified: We encourage project owners to complete "Ownership Verification" to earn additional reputation points from the system. A project with "Ownership Verification" means the project owner is always in communication with us and for any dispute or issue, the community will receive quick response from the management.

Factors That Affect the Privacy Score
KYC INFORMATION: A business with zero care about KYC (KYC 0/4) means they value the privacy of their customers. We have utmost respect for them and they earn enough privacy score where a business with KYC 3/4 shows poor privacy score. In other words, the less KYC information a business requires, the higher its privacy score. Conversely, the more KYC information required, the lower its privacy score.
Letter of Guarantee: If a business provides a Letter of Guarantee that can be verified cryptographically or digitally without requiring trust in any individual or institution, it earns a higher privacy score.
Tor/Onion: Businesses that provide access through the Tor network (.onion address) earn a higher privacy score, as Tor helps protect users' network identity and reduces metadata exposure.
No Registration Policy: usinesses that allow customers to access or purchase services without creating an account or providing personal information earn a higher privacy score.
No Log Policy: Businesses that do not collect, store, or retain identifiable user activity logs earn a higher privacy score.
Have XMR: An exchange with XMR support earn additional privacy score in WLC.


MISC
Reputation and privacy are scored separately. A legally registered business can receive a higher reputation score, but it may receive a lower privacy score because laws or regulations may require it to collect or share customer information.

Phone numbers affect privacy. Requiring a phone number lowers a business's privacy score because a phone number can be used to identify and track a person over time.