Whereas previous studies have looked purely at the number of job postings on job sites, this data-heavy study includes four additional factors that serve as strong indicators of the overall health of the blockchain market. The five factors examined for each city are:

• Number of unique job postings for blockchain and cryptocurrency
• Weighted analysis of top blockchain companies
• Prevalence of new blockchain startups
• Number of cryptocurrency and blockchain investment funds
• Overall unemployment rate

The five-factor approach employed by Crypto Fund Research paints a much broader and more realistic portrait of the blockchain job economy than previous attempts that relied on job postings alone.