Safety tools
Token scanner and Explain
How RugWard checks a token (on-chain buy/sell simulation, taxes, owner powers, liquidity, clones), what LOW RISK, CAUTION, HIGH RISK and DANGER mean, and what a scan cannot see.
Scan a token#
- Open rugward.com and pick the chain (BNB Chain is the default; Solana is in the list too).
- Paste the token contract address (not the name: anyone can create a token called USDT) and click Scan token. A Cloudflare check may appear first.
- Read the plain-English summary at the top, then the score and the findings.
On a phone the result stacks into one column:
What is checked#
| Check | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Buy/sell simulation | RugWard simulates a small buy and a full sell on-chain. If the sell fails, the token is a honeypot. |
| Buy and sell tax | Measured in the simulation, not read from claims. |
| Owner powers | Can the owner mint, change taxes, blacklist, pause, or upgrade the code (proxy)? |
| Liquidity | Pool size and how much LP is burned or locked (PinkLock and UNCX lockers on BNB Chain, Ethereum and Polygon; elsewhere only burned LP counts). |
| Holders | Concentration in a few wallets. |
| Clone check | Fake copies of well-known tokens and look-alike names. |
| Source | Whether the contract source is verified on the explorer. |
| Deployer | Links to Dev History for the creator's other tokens. |
Solana mints are scanned for mint and freeze authority, risky Token-2022 extensions, metadata, holders, burned/locked LP (Raydium, PumpSwap, Meteora) and a Jupiter buy/sell route check.
Limits per chain: the trade simulation uses each chain's V2-style pools (for example PancakeSwap on BNB Chain, Uniswap V2 on Base). Tokens that trade only on concentrated-liquidity pools (Uniswap V3 and similar) or bonding curves are not simulated yet, and the scan says so.
Verdicts#
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| DANGER | At least one critical finding: a failed sell in the simulation, a sell tax of 50% or more, or a fake copy of a major token. Safe Swap blocks it. |
| HIGH RISK / CAUTION | Several warning signs (owner powers, unlocked liquidity, concentrated holders, unverified behaviour). You can still trade, but understand why first. |
| LOW RISK | Nothing serious found right now. Not a guarantee: projects can still fail or change later. |
The score (0–100) summarizes the findings; higher is safer. Each finding has a level, from PASS and INFO up to LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH and CRITICAL. Community reports are shown next to a scan as extra information but never change the on-chain verdict.
A scan reflects the chain at that moment. Rescan right before you trade. A scan cannot see off-chain promises, team honesty, future owner decisions or market risk.
Explain this token#
Explain runs the same scan and explains every warning in plain English for beginners: what it means for you and what to do. The wording is fixed and pre-written, built only from what RugWard measured on-chain (no AI guessing).
Learn#
Learn has short guides on honeypots, rug pulls, approvals, address poisoning, fake tokens, seed phrase safety, taxes and owner powers, reading a scan, fake profit screenshots and safer swap habits.
Last updated: October 30, 2026