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Style guide
How Trenchive articles read, and the formatting we use.
The archive should read like one voice: plain, specific, and honest about risk.
Voice
- Write for someone in their first week. Explain every term the first time, or link it to the glossary.
- Be specific. "Six wallets bought 31% in the launch block" beats "lots of insiders bought".
- Short sentences. One idea per sentence.
- No hype. No "to the moon", no price predictions, no "this will 100x".
- Say what you do not know. If a number changes often, say so and tell people where to check.
Structure
- Start with one or two sentences that say what the reader will learn.
- Use
##headings for sections. Keep sections short. - Use lists for steps and checklists, tables for comparisons.
- End with what to do next or what to learn.
Formatting
Write in Markdown. These extras are available:
<Callout title="Check the current numbers">
Fees change. Check the source before you rely on a figure.
</Callout>
<Callout type="warn" title="Careful">
Use for anything that can lose someone money.
</Callout>
<PenNote>A short handwritten note in the margin.</PenNote>
Numbers and names
- Market caps as
$40K,$1.2M. Percents as31%. - Contract addresses and wallets in full, in code formatting.
- Product names as the product writes them: pump.fun, PumpSwap, Axiom, DexScreener.
