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The token sniffer: check the contract before the chart
Paste any Solana or EVM token address and the scanner reads what is actually on-chain — authorities, holders, liquidity, and whether a sell would even go through — before you size in.
A chart tells you what the market paid; a contract tells you what the deployer can still do. The scanner is the tool that reads the second one — the same engine that sits on the homepage, inside every token page, in the Telegram bot and under this site's embeds — and it answers the questions a green candle never will.
What the scan actually checks
On Solana it reads the mint itself: whether the mint authority is still live (the deployer can print supply), whether the freeze authority survives (balances can be locked in place), how much of the supply sits in the top wallets, how deep the liquidity pool really is, and — the check that ends most arguments — a sell-side simulation, because a honeypot is a pool that accepts buys and refuses sells. On EVM chains the read comes through contract-flag services: hidden mints, proxy-upgrade backdoors, blacklist functions, trading-pause switches. Deployer-side sanctions screening rides along on every read.
Tokens already in the graded corpus answer with the stored grade — a weekly data run's verdict, dated — while anything else gets a live on-chain read at request time. The fair-use ceiling is a hundred checks per day per address, which is what keeps it free for everyone else.
Everywhere the scanner already lives
You have probably already used it: the box on the homepage is this scanner, the in-app check-a-token page is this scanner, the open JSON API is this scanner, and the Telegram bot and the embeddable safety badge both call the same read. One engine, every surface — so the answer is the same no matter where you paste.
The honest limit: a scan reads contract state and market structure at a moment in time — it cannot read the deployer's intent, and a clean result removes known landmines, not risk. First-hour launches and thin pools are where the read is thinnest. For the full method, see how to read a token risk scan.
Sniff a token right now
The read is free and instant — Solana and EVM. The button below opens the full in-app scanner.
Frequently asked
What does the token scanner check?
On Solana: mint and freeze authority state, holder concentration, liquidity depth, and a sell-side simulation that catches honeypots — pools that accept buys but refuse sells. On EVM chains it reads contract flags like hidden mints, proxies and blacklist functions, plus deployer-side sanctions screening.
Is the scanner free?
Yes — no account, no signup, no wallet connect. A fair-use cap of a hundred checks per day per address is the only limit, and it exists so the read stays free for everyone.
Does a clean scan mean a token is safe to buy?
No — it means the contract and market structure passed the checks the scan can see. It cannot see the deployer's intent, an upcoming unlock, or a coordinated dump. Treat it as a filter that removes known scam mechanics, not a seal of approval.
Which chains does it cover?
Solana plus the supported EVM chains — Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, Arbitrum and Monad among them. The same scan box detects the chain from the address format; you never pick a network.