# Is ERA-20 trustworthy?

Absolutely! The ERA-20 protocol is designed to function without reliance on external parties. While trusting a community-developed indexer is a convenient option for many, you always have the freedom to manually rebuild and validate indexer data yourself. Moreover, you're empowered to create your own indexer and share it with the community, further fostering decentralization and transparency.


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