Whitepapers are my bedtime reads. I separate promising crypto projects from the crappy ones by deep-diving into every detail.
I pinpoint the potential marketing and product flaws in ICOs which could lead to a failure of the project. You won't see me backing a project just because it was featured (paid release) in Forbes.
I am a Head of Research at LondonLetter.org where I dig in&out just one crypto project in detail. Yes, that's one month of research for a single cryptocurrency.