Honeypot: the contract that lets you buy and forbids you to sell

A honeypot is a trap token: buying works, selling does not. Meanwhile the chart paints an uninterrupted climb (there is no one to sell), luring new buyers until the moment the deployer pulls the liquidity.

How it is done in code

• A sell blacklist: the transfer function checks the direction - only whitelisted addresses (the deployer) may send to the pool.
• A prohibitive tax: selling is formally allowed, but taxed at 99-100%.
• Dynamic limits: the maximum sell amount is zero, changeable by the contract owner at any moment.
• The delayed trap: the meanest variant - the contract is honest at launch, but the owner can "update" the rules once holders accumulate. The right to change taxes and limits is a honeypot on a timer.

The one-minute check

Automatic scanners (GoPlus, honeypot.is, the checks built into DEX screeners) simulate a sale and read the contract: look at the sell tax, blacklist, and modifiable fields. The second layer is your own eyes: if the chart shows not a single sale against hundreds of buys - that is already a diagnosis. Our engine runs these checks automatically - a honeypot flag instantly drops the verdict to zero. Fresh cases - in the scam reviews.