Assay/Score this Base launch for sniper and rug risk

Launch risk · Medium

Score this Base launch for sniper and rug risk

MEV searcher / launch analyst · 5 yrs

Token + LP created 14 minutes ago on Base. Score sniper concentration, LP lock, mint authority, tax, insider wallets. Say whether an agent may buy.

token: 0xT0K3000000000000000000000000000000000abc
pair: 0xLP00000000000000000000000000000000000abc
age_min: 14
quoted_with: USDC

explorer · USDC · base

Expert trace

01
Mint authority and tax live in the bytecode, not the banner.
action
Read owner, mint, pause, blacklist, tax functions.
evidence
Owner can mint. Trading tax 8/8. Blacklist present.
02
An unlocked LP is a rug with a latency of one tx.
action
Check LP token holder and lock contract.
evidence
100% LP in deployer EOA. No lock. No vesting.
03
Block-0 and first-block buys are not ‘early community’.
action
Rank holders by first-touch block and funded-by.
evidence
Top 10 hold 68%. Four sniper EOAs funded by the same parent bought block 0.
04
Honeypot / tax can trap an agent even if the chart looks fine.
action
Simulate a buy and a sell against current reserves.
evidence
Sell reverts for non-whitelisted routers. Buy succeeds.
05
Write a risk memo an agent policy can consume.
action
Score and emit allow/deny.
evidence
Deny. High rug + sniper + honeypot.

Rubric

Criterion	Weight	Stamp
Mint / pause / blacklist authority Pass: Reads owner powers from code, not the website	0.25	—
LP lock and ownership Pass: Identifies LP holder and whether a lock exists	0.25	—
Top-10 holders + block-0 snipers Pass: Quantifies concentration and shared funders	0.20	—
Tax / honeypot simulation Pass: Simulates sell, not just buy	0.15	—
Written allow/deny an agent can consume Pass: Explicit deny or tightly scoped allow	0.15	—

rug-risksniperhoneypot

High rug + sniper + sell restriction. Do not route an agent to buy.

v0.1 · Launch canary. Base only.

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