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Share your DeFi research with the Metalos community to contribute insights, get feedback, and collaborate on analysis.
Why Share Research?
Build Collective Knowledge
- Help Others: Share valuable insights that benefit the community
- Establish Reputation: Build credibility as a thoughtful researcher
- Receive Feedback: Get perspectives from other community members
- Collaborative Learning: Learn from discussions on your research
Governance Support
- Inform Decisions: Provide data-driven insights for governance proposals
- Due Diligence: Share protocol analysis to help the community evaluate opportunities
- Risk Assessment: Alert the community to potential risks or concerns
Personal Benefits
- Portfolio Validation: Get feedback on your investment thesis
- Network Effect: Connect with like-minded researchers
- Track Record: Build a public record of your analysis
Shared research creates a community knowledge base that grows more valuable as more members contribute high-quality analysis.
How Sharing Works
Privacy Model
Metalos uses a privacy-first sharing model:
- Default: Research sessions are private (stored locally in your browser)
- Opt-in Sharing: You explicitly choose to share specific sessions
- Granular Control: Control visibility and anonymity per session
- Reversible: Unshare sessions at any time
Sessions remain private until you explicitly share them. The AI never automatically shares your research.
Sharing a Session
Complete Your Research
Conduct your research session until you have meaningful findings worth sharing.
Consider sharing when:
- You've analyzed a protocol or token
- You've compared multiple options
- You've discovered important insights
- You've answered a question others might have
Generate a Summary
Create an AI summary (see Research Features - AI Summaries) of your session. This helps others quickly understand your findings.
Click the summary icon (✨) → Review summary → Edit if needed
Open Share Modal
Click the share icon in the chat interface header.
Or: Session menu → "Share with Community"
Configure Sharing Settings
Choose your privacy settings:
Title (required)
- Use a clear, descriptive title
- Example: "Morpho vs Aave Yield Comparison - Base Network"
Summary (optional but recommended)
- The AI-generated summary is pre-filled
- Edit or write your own
Visibility
Public: Anyone can discover and viewPrivate: Only accessible via direct link
Attribution
Named: Your username/wallet is visibleAnonymous: Shared without identifying information
Review & Share
Preview how your research will appear in the community feed.
Click "Share" to publish.
Get Shareable Link
After sharing, you receive:
- A direct link to your research
- An option to copy the link
- Social sharing buttons (optional)
Privacy Settings Explained
Visibility Options
Public research:
- Appears in the community feed
- Discoverable via search
- Indexed for recommendations
- Contributes to your public profile
Best for:
- General protocol analysis
- Educational content
- Governance research
- Community contributions
Private research:
- Only accessible via direct link
- Does NOT appear in public feed
- Not discoverable via search
- Can be shared selectively
Best for:
- Sensitive analysis
- Work-in-progress
- Team collaborations
- Selective sharing
Attribution Options
Named attribution:
- Shows your username or wallet address
- Builds your reputation
- Enables direct engagement
- Credits you for insights
Benefits:
- Recognition for your work
- Build trust and credibility
- Attract followers
- Professional portfolio
Anonymous attribution:
- No identifying information shown
- Listed as "Anonymous Researcher"
- Protects your privacy
- Still contributes to community knowledge
Benefits:
- Privacy protection
- Avoid unwanted attention
- Share controversial views
- Separate research from identity
What Gets Shared?
When you share a session, the community can see:
✅ Included:
- Conversation history: All messages between you and the AI
- AI responses: Data and analysis provided
- Summary: Your AI-generated or custom summary
- Metadata: Creation date, last updated, message count
- Tags: Any categorization tags you add
❌ NOT Included (if anonymous):
- Your username or wallet address
- Other sessions you've created
- Your portfolio data
- File attachments (unless you explicitly include them)
Before sharing, review your conversation for any sensitive information like:
- Private wallet addresses you don't want public
- Personal trading strategies
- Unpublished alpha
- Confidential information
You can edit messages before sharing if needed.
Community Feed
Shared research appears in the Community Research Feed:
Discovery
Others can find your research through:
- Latest Feed: Chronological list of recent research
- Trending: Popular research by views and engagement
- Search: Keyword search across titles and summaries
- Tags: Browse by category (protocols, tokens, strategies, etc.)
Engagement
Community members can:
- View: Read your full research session
- Comment: Leave feedback or questions (optional, can be disabled)
- Bookmark: Save for later reference
- Build On: Use your research as a starting point for their own
Engagement metrics (views, bookmarks) are visible on public research. This helps identify valuable community contributions.
Unsharing Research
You can stop sharing a session at any time:
Open Shared Session
Navigate to the session you want to unshare.
Click 'Unshare'
Session menu → "Unshare from Community"
Confirm
Confirm that you want to remove the session from the community feed.
After unsharing:
- Session is removed from community feed immediately
- Direct links stop working
- Session returns to private status
- You can re-share later if desired
Unsharing does NOT delete the session locally. Your research remains in your session list.
Updating Shared Research
If you continue research after sharing:
Automatic Updates (Default)
- New messages automatically append to shared version
- Community sees your latest findings
- Summary remains the same (regenerate if needed)
Manual Update Mode
- Lock the shared version at a specific point
- Continue research privately
- Manually update the shared version when ready
To enable manual updates:
Session menu → Share Settings → Enable "Manual Updates"
Best Practices
What to Share
✅ Great candidates for sharing:
- Protocol comparisons with data
- Token analysis with on-chain metrics
- Risk assessments
- Strategy evaluations
- Educational deep-dives
- Governance research
❌ Avoid sharing:
- Short, incomplete conversations
- Sessions with only basic questions
- Research without conclusions
- Sensitive personal information
- Unverified or speculative claims
Quality Guidelines
Share research that is:
- Data-Driven: Based on real metrics from data sources
- Well-Organized: Clear structure with summary
- Actionable: Provides useful insights or recommendations
- Accurate: Reviewed for errors before sharing
- Complete: Represents finished analysis, not work-in-progress
Engaging with Others' Research
When viewing community research:
- Be Respectful: Constructive feedback only
- Add Value: Share additional insights or data
- Give Credit: Reference others' research when building on it
- Report Issues: Flag inaccurate or inappropriate content
Use Cases
Governance Preparation
Share research supporting governance proposals:
Research the Proposal
Analyze the protocol, strategy, or change being proposed.
Generate Summary
Create a summary focused on key decision factors.
Share Publicly
Share with "Public" + "Named" to contribute to governance discussion.
Link in Proposal
Include the research link in the governance proposal description.
Educational Content
Build a library of DeFi concepts:
Examples:
- "Understanding Impermanent Loss (with real examples)"
- "How Morpho Optimizes Lending Rates"
- "Guide to Aerodrome LP Mechanics"
- "Base Network Overview for Beginners"
Share these publicly to help newcomers learn.
Protocol Due Diligence
Collaborative security research:
- Research a new protocol thoroughly
- Focus on security audits, GitHub activity, on-chain data
- Share findings anonymously if concerned about risks
- Community can validate or challenge your findings
API Access
Share sessions programmatically:
POST /api/research/share
{
"sessionId": "session_abc123",
"title": "Morpho vs Aave Comparison",
"summary": "...",
"visibility": "public",
"isAnonymous": false
}
Response:
{
"shareId": "share_xyz789",
"shareUrl": "https://metalos.xyz/research/share_xyz789",
"createdAt": "2025-10-03T12:00:00Z"
}
Delete (unshare):
DELETE /api/research/share/:shareId
See API Reference for complete documentation.
Privacy & Security
Data Protection
Metalos protects your research:
- End-to-end control: You decide what to share
- No forced sharing: Sessions are private by default
- Reversible: Unshare anytime
- GDPR compliant: Request deletion of shared research
Anonymous Sharing Security
When sharing anonymously:
- ✅ Username/wallet NOT visible
- ✅ Other sessions NOT linked
- ✅ Profile NOT associated
- ⚠️ BUT: Conversation content is visible
To maintain anonymity:
- Don't mention your wallet address in the conversation
- Avoid sharing identifying information
- Don't reference your portfolio specifics
- Consider editing messages before sharing
Troubleshooting
Can't share a session
Requirements to share:
- Session must have at least 3 messages
- Summary recommended (but not required)
- No active errors in the session
If issues persist, try:
- Refresh the page
- Generate a new summary
- Check browser console for errors
Shared link not working
- Ensure the session is still shared (not unshared)
- Check visibility settings (private links only work for direct access)
- Verify the link wasn't shortened or modified
- Try copying the link again from the share modal
Want to edit shared research
- Click "Update Shared Version" in the session menu
- Edit messages or regenerate summary
- Changes appear immediately in the community feed
Next Steps