For a crypto beginner like me is the so-called whitepaper some I should count on when doing research? people are still talking about the whitepaper of crypto projects but few people said it doesn't matter.
Those people that saying it doesn’t matter are same people that usually invest on scam projects. Whitepaper contains all about the detail of the project. It’s the only thing you need to tell the credibility of the project and what it's structure. Ignoring the whitepaper is just investing on a project blindly. Skipping the plagiarism part, A good project whitepaper will not contain a recycled idea which you will know if you will read whitepaper of different project.
Whitepaper is the most important thing in the project. You should pay attention on it and DYOR always.