Challenge: Spot a Fake Token
Buy or skip?
Can you still buy a token safely without any help in 2026?
Check your luck with 10 sample tokens below.
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Your $1,000: $1,000 left
DingleFurrow $DINFURR BNB Chain
Fictional token
$0.161 +317%
Buy it to watch the chart play out. Skip it to see what you avoided.
- Launched
- 4 days ago
- Market cap
- $16M
- 24h volume
- $1.3M
- Holders
- 2,290
- Creator holds
- 1.0%
Buy $100 or skip it.
On a DEX you only see the chart. Terminal reads the contract before you pay. It checks all of this:
What Terminal checks
- Honeypot
- Buying blocked
- Can’t sell all
- Hidden owner
- Ownership can be reclaimed
- Owner can change balances
- Self-destruct
- Creator made honeypots
- Open source
- Proxy contract
- Mintable
- Transfer pausable
- Has blacklist
- Has whitelist
- Tax modifiable
- Per-wallet tax
- Trading cooldown
- External call
- Buy tax
- Sell tax
- Transfer tax
Data presented for education purposes.
Still checking tokens by hand in 2026? So boomer.
Before a buy on a Decentralized Exchange (DEX), this is all on you. Skip one step and the $100 can be gone the moment you try to sell.
Find the contract on the block explorer, and make sure it is the real one, not a copy.
Check that the source code is verified. Unverified code cannot be read.
Read who owns the contract, and whether a renounced owner can come back.
Search the code for functions that rewrite balances, mint new supply or delete the contract.
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Check whether it is a proxy, and who can swap the code behind it.
Find the tax functions: the rate, who can raise it, and whether one wallet can be taxed alone.
Look for blacklist, whitelist, pause and cooldown logic in the transfer code.
Check whether a transfer calls out to another contract.
Look up the deployer wallet and every token it launched before.
Buy a small amount and try to sell it back, to see if selling works and what tax comes out.
What Terminal checks for you under the hood? Plenty of stuff. In plain words:
18 checks and 3 taxes, flagged as dangers or warnings in plain words. Open one to see what it means for your $100.
Are there any buy or sell restrictions? (7)
HoneypotDanger
Tokens that can be bought but not sold
You can buy. You cannot sell. The $100 is stuck.
Buying blockedDanger
The contract refuses purchases
Your buy fails. Gas spent on a failed trade is gone.
Can’t sell allDanger
Holders are stopped from selling their whole balance
Only part of your $100 can ever be sold.
Transfer pausableWarning
Trading can be frozen for everyone
Trading can stop while you hold. Your $100 waits on the owner.
Has blacklistWarning
Chosen wallets can be blocked from selling
Your wallet can be blocked from selling after you buy.
Has whitelistWarning
Only chosen wallets may trade
If your wallet is not on the list, you cannot trade.
Trading cooldownWarning
A forced wait between trades
You wait between trades while the price moves.
How’s code & creator history looking? (3)
Creator made honeypotsDanger
The same wallet deployed honeypot tokens before
The same wallet has trapped buyers before.
Open sourceDanger
Unpublished code cannot be checked, by anyone
Closed code means nobody can check what it does with your $100.
External callWarning
Transfers depend on another contract
Your sell depends on another contract that can fail or change.
Who controls the token? (3)
Hidden ownerDanger
Someone keeps control after ownership looks renounced
Someone can still change the token after it looks hands-off.
Ownership can be reclaimedDanger
A renounced owner can take the contract back
A renounced owner can come back and change the rules.
Owner can change balancesDanger
The owner can rewrite how much any wallet holds
The owner can set your balance to zero.
Are there any rules hidden inside the token contract? (5)
Self-destructDanger
The contract can delete itself, and the token with it
The contract can delete itself, and your $100 with it.
Proxy contractWarning
The code behind the token can be swapped
The token’s code can be replaced after you buy.
MintableWarning
New supply can be created
New tokens can be created. Each one you hold is worth less.
Tax modifiableWarning
The owner can raise the trading tax
The sell tax can go up after you buy. Your $100 sells for less.
Per-wallet taxWarning
A different tax can be set for a single wallet
Your wallet alone can be taxed at a higher rate.
Are there any taxes involved? (3)
Buy taxPercent
Taken from your $100 as you buy. At 10%, $90 goes in.
Sell taxPercent
Taken when you sell. At 50% or more, selling is a loss by design.
Transfer taxPercent
Taken when the token moves between wallets.
10% or more is a Warning. 50% or more is a Danger. When the scanner cannot read a value, the card says Unknown, never 0%. Automated scan. It can miss things: a clean result is not a guarantee.
Price changed? We’ve got you covered.
Every quote shows “Min received”: the least you will get. You pick the limit: 0.5%, 1%, 3% or 5%. If the price moves below it before you sign, Terminal stops and asks you to review. Agents trading through Warden MCP get 1% by default.
Trades route through 0x, which compares prices across Decentralized Exchange (DEX) pools.
A tight limit protects you from MEV bots, sandwich attacks in particular.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Terminal check before I buy?
It reads the token’s contract for 18 known traps, like honeypots, hidden owners, mintable supply and buy and sell taxes. The answers sit next to Buy, flagged as dangers or warnings in plain words.
Which chains are supported?
Terminal runs these checks on Base and BNB Chain.
Is a clean scan a guarantee?
No. It is an automated scan, and it can miss things.
What does Unknown mean next to a check?
The scanner could not read that value. Terminal shows Unknown, never 0%, so a gap never looks safe.
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