A rug pull is a type of crypto exit scam where token developers suddenly withdraw all liquidity from a pool, dump their pre-mined holdings, or abandon the project entirely — causing the token price to collapse to near zero within seconds. Investors are left holding worthless tokens with no way to sell. Rug pulls are especially prevalent on Solana due to the low cost of launching new tokens on pump.fun and Raydium.
Rug pulls are extremely common on Solana. Studies estimate that over 90% of new meme coin launches on pump.fun fail within their first hour, with many being outright exit scams. Thousands of tokens are launched every day, and the majority are either abandoned or actively rug-pulled. The low barrier to token creation — a few dollars in SOL — makes Solana the most rug-pull-dense blockchain.
RugPullShield uses a machine learning model (XGBoost) trained on over 271,000 real Solana token snapshots. When you paste a token address, we fetch live on-chain data — liquidity depth, 24h and 5-minute trading volume, token age, price action, and DEX data — and score it against patterns learned from tokens that rugged vs. tokens that survived. The model returns a binary verdict: LOW risk (relatively safe) or HIGH risk (avoid).
Our ML model correctly predicts safe tokens approximately 80% of the time, verified against real post-scan outcomes — not a backtest on historical data. This means when RugPullShield says LOW risk, that token is still alive 10 minutes later ~80% of the time. HIGH risk calls correspond to tokens that subsequently rug or collapse at a significantly higher rate than average. All verified outcomes are publicly visible in our scan history.
Pump.fun is a Solana-based token launchpad that allows anyone to create and list a meme coin in under a minute for less than $2. While it has generated billions in trading volume, it's also the primary venue for rug pulls on Solana. Because token creation has nearly zero barrier, bad actors routinely launch pump.fun tokens, generate FOMO-driven price spikes, and then drain liquidity or dump pre-mined supply — leaving buyers with nothing. RugPullShield was built specifically to address this problem.
Key red flags include: (1) Extremely low liquidity under $5,000 — easy to drain; (2) Token age under 5 minutes — no track record; (3) Sudden 10x price spike with no fundamentals; (4) Dev wallet holds over 20% of supply; (5) No locked or burned liquidity; (6) Copied or plagiarized social presence; (7) Volume drops to zero suddenly; (8) No verifiable team or contract audit. RugPullShield analyzes the quantitative signals automatically so you don't have to check each one manually.
Yes. Connect your Phantom wallet and receive 10 free scan credits — no payment or credit card needed. Each scan uses one credit. Additional credits can be purchased using SOL directly from your Phantom wallet. For trading bots and automated systems, the API supports high-volume usage with affordable credit packages.
The model analyzes: liquidity in USD (pool depth), 24-hour and 5-minute trading volume, token age in seconds, price in USD, price change over 24h and 1h, buy/sell transaction count ratios, market cap, and the DEX the token is trading on. These features are fetched in real-time from DexScreener's API and scored by the XGBoost model without any manual input required.
No — and any tool that claims 100% accuracy is lying. Rug pulls can happen instantly and unpredictably, and novel scam mechanics can appear that the model hasn't seen before. RugPullShield significantly improves your odds by filtering out the most high-risk tokens based on quantitative signals. Think of it as a fast second opinion, not an absolute guarantee. Always trade only what you can afford to lose, and never rely solely on any single signal.
Most token scanners check static contract properties (honeypot flags, tax rates, ownership). RugPullShield is different: we predict future rug pull probability using live market data and a model trained on real outcomes. We don't just tell you if a contract looks suspicious — we tell you, based on liquidity, volume, and price behavior right now, whether this token is likely to collapse in the next 10 minutes. All predictions are tracked and verified against real outcomes, which are publicly visible.