What goes into the score
Can you sell? (hard gate)
Honeypot / can't-sell / can't-buy sends the score straight to CRITICAL, the trap that matters most.
Liquidity lock
We sum the LP that's locked or burned. Unlocked liquidity a deployer can pull is the #1 rug mechanic.
Concentration
Owner/creator % and the top-10 wallets' share, how easily a few holders can dump on you.
Wash-volume proxy
24h volume ÷ liquidity. When volume dwarfs the pool, the "activity" is often self-dealt. (Proxy: see the note below.)
Owner powers
Mintable supply, editable balances, hidden/ reclaimable ownership, self-destruct, pausable transfers, blacklists.
Depth, tax, age & verification
Pool depth, buy/sell tax, how new the pair is, and whether the source is verified.
On honesty: the wash-volume figure is a ratio proxy, public aggregators don't expose unique-trader counts, so true self/circular-trade detection is a paid Phase-2 upgrade. We label it as a proxy rather than overclaim. Full fake-farming (staking-contract APR/TVL) analysis is also Phase-2.
Questions people ask
How does the Launch Safety Score work?
It starts at 100 and subtracts weighted points for each risk found in the contract and market data, honeypot (a hard gate), unlocked liquidity, dev/top-10 concentration, mint & owner powers, thin liquidity, wash-volume ratio, unverified source and more. Every deduction is shown with its point cost, so you can audit the number.
What is a rug pull and how do you detect it early?
A rug pull is when a token's team removes liquidity or dumps supply, crashing the price to zero. The earliest structural signals are: liquidity that isn't locked or burned, a deployer/top wallets holding a large share, mintable supply, and volume that dwarfs liquidity (wash trading). This tool flags all of them before you buy.
Does a high score mean the coin is safe?
No. It means no major structural red flags were found in on-chain and market data. Teams can still exploit upgrade powers, pull unlocked liquidity later, or manipulate off-chain. A good score lowers risk; it is not a guarantee. Always do your own research.
How do I check if a token is a rug pull before I buy?
Paste the contract address above. The check reads the token's liquidity ownership, its mint and freeze authorities, holder concentration and whether it can be sold at all, then prints every finding with the number behind it. The whole point is that you can disagree with the score and still use the evidence: each penalty names the measurement that produced it.
Does unlocked liquidity always mean the team can rug me?
No, and treating it that way is a common mistake. What matters is who OWNS the pool. An established token's liquidity is thousands of independent providers who can each only withdraw their own position, so no single party can pull it. A pool where one wallet holds half of it is a completely different situation. Veriql scores the largest single unlocked position rather than the unlocked total, because that is the amount one party can actually remove.
What is the difference between a rug pull and a honeypot?
A rug pull takes the money out from under you: the liquidity leaves and the price collapses, usually after you have already bought. A honeypot stops you leaving: the contract lets you buy and blocks you from selling, so your position is trapped from the first second. Veriql treats a honeypot as a hard gate that forces the lowest band regardless of anything else, because no other quality matters if you cannot sell.