# White-paper : Key facts investors must read before investing

**What is a cryptocurrency white paper?**

White paper is a document that includes an outline of a problem that the project is looking to solve, the solution to that problem, and a detailed description of their product, its architecture, and its interaction with users.

**Key topics**

1.  Table of Contents
    
2.  Executive Summary and Identification of the Problem
    
3.  Research and Key Takeaways
    
4.  Solutions
    
5.  Product/Service Description
    
6.  About the Business
    

**Key take away for investors**

1.  Details about seed investor rounds
    
2.  Problem being solved by the company & how it works
    
3.  Current competitors providing the same service or solving the same problem
    
4.  ICO list price
    
5.  Team members
    
6.  Which blockchain is it built on
    
7.  Company roadmap
    
8.  List of companies or softwares supported by the coin
    
9.  Exchanges that list the coin: For example, Coinlist ensures optimum due diligence prior to coin ICO listings
    
10.  Tokenomics : Token distribution
    

*Percentage of total supply allocated to company employees*

*Percentage of total supply allocated to seed investors and at what price*

*Percentage of total supply sold during the ICO and at what price*

*Percentage of total supply kept in lock up with the company as treasury*

*Types of staking rewards offered by the coin*
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