Education hub
Learn to spot scams before they spot you
Short guides in plain English. Each one links to the RugWard tool that checks it for you.
What is a honeypot token?
A token you can buy but cannot sell. How the trick works and how to spot it before you lose money.
3 min read
Rug pulls: how liquidity disappears
Why unlocked liquidity, mint functions and big team wallets let a project vanish with buyers' money.
4 min read
Token approvals: the permission most people forget
Every swap asks you to approve a spender. Old or unlimited approvals are how drainers empty wallets later.
3 min read
Address poisoning: the copy-paste trap
Scammers send tiny transfers from look-alike addresses so you copy the wrong one from your history.
2 min read
Fake tokens that copy famous names
Anyone can create a token called USDT. How clones and look-alike characters fool buyers.
2 min read
Your seed phrase is your wallet
Nobody legitimate will ever ask for it. Not support, not an airdrop, not a 'wallet validation'.
2 min read
Buy/sell taxes and owner powers
A 5% tax today can be 99% tomorrow if the owner can change it. What to look for.
3 min read
How to read a RugWard scan
What LOW RISK, CAUTION, HIGH RISK and DANGER mean, and what a scan cannot tell you.
3 min read
Fake profit screenshots and paper gains
A screenshot can show any number. Why big gains in thin pools often cannot be cashed out.
2 min read
Ten habits for safer swaps
A short checklist to run through before every trade on BNB Chain.
2 min read