How is a Solana honeypot different from an EVM honeypot?

An EVM honeypot is a contract-logic restriction: the code enforces a sell tax, a blacklist, or a trading flag. A Solana honeypot is an authority and control risk: the freeze authority can freeze your account, the mint authority can dilute you, and the liquidity can be pulled. So on Solana you check authorities and liquidity rather than simulating contract transfer logic.

How do I check if a Solana token is a honeypot?

Confirm the freeze authority is revoked (so your account cannot be frozen), confirm the mint authority is revoked (so supply cannot be inflated), check for a Token-2022 transfer-fee extension set abnormally high, and confirm liquidity is burned or locked rather than developer-held. A Solana-native scanner reads all of these from the mint in one step.

Is freeze authority the same as a sell block?

Effectively, yes. A freeze authority holder can freeze specific token accounts, which stops those holders from selling while the creator exits. It is Solana's closest equivalent to an EVM honeypot's sell block, which is why revoked freeze authority is the first thing to verify before buying.

Are pump.fun tokens honeypots?

Not all of them, but they are high-risk by default and the migration from the bonding curve to a DEX is a common trap point, where liquidity can be shaped or pulled. Apply the same checks, freeze and mint authority, liquidity state, and holder concentration, with extra attention to migration behaviour and how fresh the holder wallets are.

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can you actually sell?

A Solana honeypot lets you buy a token but not sell it, and the block is almost never in the contract code. It lives in control: a freeze authority that can freeze your account, a punishing transfer fee, or liquidity that gets pulled. Here is how to tell before you buy.

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The trap

What is a Solana honeypot?

A honeypot is a token you can buy but cannot meaningfully sell. The chart climbs because buyers keep arriving and nobody can get out. On Solana, the reason you cannot sell is usually not the contract code, it is who still holds control over the token.

A creator who kept the freeze authority can freeze your account. A creator who kept the mint authority can bury you in new supply. And liquidity that the developer still owns can vanish the moment you try to exit. None of that shows up by reading transfer logic the way you would on Ethereum.

The key difference

Where the sell-block actually lives

An EVM honeypot is a code restriction. A Solana honeypot is a control risk. Checking for the wrong one misses the trap.

EVM honeypot

Contract-logic restriction

The token contract code blocks the sell: a 100% sell tax, a blacklist, or a "trading enabled" flag.
The trap is in the bytecode, so you read the contract and simulate a sell to find it.
The fix to look for is renounced ownership and no blacklist or upgradeable proxy.

Solana honeypot

Authority and control risk

Someone with authority blocks the sell: an active freeze authority freezes your token account so you cannot move it.
Or there is no real market to sell into: liquidity is developer-held and pulled, or a transfer-fee extension makes selling uneconomical.
The fix to look for is revoked freeze and mint authority, and burned or locked liquidity.

Warning signs

Solana honeypot signals

Freeze authority enabled

The defining Solana honeypot. An active freeze authority lets the creator freeze your token account so you cannot sell, while they exit. Revoked freeze authority is the single most important thing to confirm.

Mint authority enabled

If the mint authority is not revoked, the creator can mint unlimited supply and dilute your holding to near zero, so even a sellable token is a value trap.

Transfer-fee extension abuse

Solana's Token-2022 transfer-fee extension is the closest analog to an EVM sell tax. Set high, it makes selling return almost nothing, a soft honeypot even when transfers technically succeed.

Developer-controlled liquidity

If the LP is held by the developer rather than burned or locked, the pool can be pulled the moment you try to exit, leaving you with a token and no market to sell it into.

Bundler and sniper concentration

When a few coordinated wallets hold the float, your sell is front-run or crushed. Apparent liquidity disappears exactly when you need it.

Pump.fun migration risk

For bonding-curve launches, liquidity can be shaped or pulled around the migration to a DEX, so a token that looked tradable on the curve becomes a trap after it migrates.

What a verdict looks like

Can you sell it? One scan answers

XemaS reads the Solana mint and liquidity into a single evidence-backed verdict.

Token verdict

ExampleMint (Solana)

HIGH RISK

Freeze authorityEnabled

Mint authorityRevoked

Transfer-fee extensionPresent, high fee

LiquidityDeveloper-held

Float concentrationHigh

Verdict: the freeze authority is live, so your account can be frozen, and a high transfer fee makes any sell uneconomical. You can buy this token but not sell it. Do not trade.

Illustrative example. Run a real Solana mint to see its live verdict.

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Coverage and limits

Authorities are read directly; market risk is inferred. Freeze authority, mint authority, and a transfer-fee extension are read from the mint and are reliable. Whether liquidity will actually be pulled, or the float dumped, is inferred from behaviour and carries a confidence level.

Pump.fun launches change fast. State can shift around bonding-curve migration, so a clean read seconds after launch reflects a thin record, not a guarantee.

Sellable is not the same as safe. Revoked authorities and locked liquidity remove the honeypot mechanics, but they do not make a token a good investment. Use the read alongside your own judgement.

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