Critical riskWhat is a honeypot token?You can buy it, but you can never sell. The most common way newcomers lose everything.High riskWhat is a sell tax (and a buy tax)?A fee the contract takes from every trade. A few percent is common, over 10% is a warning, over 50% is a trap.High riskMint authority: who can print more coins?If someone can create new tokens at will, your share of the supply can be watered down to nothing.High riskFreeze authority: can they lock your wallet?A Solana setting that lets the token's creator freeze any holder's tokens so they can't be moved or sold.High riskOwner powers: what the creator can still doHidden owners, balance changes, self-destruct and other switches that let one wallet control everyone's money.Medium riskHolder concentration: who owns it all?When a few wallets hold most of the supply, they set the price, and they can crash it whenever they sell.High riskLiquidity: how much real money is behind the price?A token with $3,000 in its pool can show any price it likes. You just can't sell into it.Medium riskPool age: why brand-new tokens are the riskiestMost rug pulls happen within days of launch, before anyone has had time to look.High riskUnverified code: what are you trusting?If the contract's source code isn't published, nobody can check what it actually does.
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