What is DeFade? Frequently Asked Questions
DeFade is a multi-chain memecoin analyzer. Paste a token contract address from Solana, Ethereum, Base or Robinhood Chain and you get a rug pull probability score from 0 to 100, plus 30 forensic modules showing the evidence behind it. Free to start — 3 scans a day, no card, and the first scan each day runs the full Pro analysis.
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What does DeFade actually do?
It reads the on-chain history around a token and turns it into a risk verdict. A scan covers who holds the supply and how it got there, whether the launch block was bundled by coordinated wallets, whether the visible "top holders" all trace back to one funding wallet, what the deployer's previous tokens did, whether liquidity is genuinely locked or burned, and whether the creator still holds. The 0–100 rug pull probability sits on top of that evidence, and every module that fed it can be opened and inspected.
Which chains does it support?
Solana, Ethereum, Base and Robinhood Chain. The chain is auto-detected from the address you paste. BNB Chain exists in the codebase but is currently hidden. Because the same 0x… address can exist on several EVM chains, EVM token pages carry the chain in the URL.
What does it cost?
| Plan | Price | Scans | Modules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, no card | 3 per day on the web | First scan each day runs all 30 |
| Pro | $19/mo or $182/yr | 300/month across web, Telegram & Chrome | All 30, incl. 17 Pro-only deep scans |
| Gold | $79/mo or $758/yr | 2,500/month | All 30, every chain |
New subscribers get a 7-day free trial on either paid plan, with up to 20 scans a day during the trial. A scan is one unique token contract — once you have scanned a token, every module for it stays open for 24 hours, so clicking through tabs on the same coin costs nothing extra. Full detail on the pricing page.
Do I need to connect a wallet?
No. Scanning is read-only and requires no wallet connection at all. A wallet is only needed if you choose to use the optional built-in swap.
How the analysis works
How is the rug pull probability calculated?
It is a weighted composite over more than 20 on-chain signals — holder concentration, launch bundles, dev wallet activity, mint and freeze authority, sniper presence, insider networks, multi-hop funding-origin attribution, Sybil clustering and liquidity verification. Two things shape it:
- Kill-switch floors. A single disqualifying finding sets a minimum score that the rest of the analysis cannot pull below. A token does not get to look safe because nine benign signals outvoted one fatal one.
- Honest degradation. If a data source is unreachable, the affected module says what it could not see. A missing signal is reported as missing, never scored as clean.
The methodology is written up in full in the whitepaper.
Why not just use a contract-only rug checker?
Because on launchpads the contract layer has stopped discriminating. Every pump.fun token ships from the same audited factory contract: mint and freeze authority revoked, no transfer taxes, liquidity in the bonding curve. A contract-only check green-lights nearly all of them — and most still die within hours.
The risk moved into wallet behaviour: the deployer holding 40% through six "unrelated" wallets funded from one address minutes before launch, thirty wallets buying in the launch block and still holding, a creator whose last four tokens each died inside a day. None of that appears in the bytecode; all of it appears in the transaction graph. DeFade runs the contract checks and that graph, which is where the score mostly comes from.
What are the biggest red flags?
- A dev wallet that already transferred supply to fresh wallets.
- Heavily bundled buys inside the launch window.
- One funding source behind many of the top holders.
- Unlocked liquidity worth under ~2% of market cap.
- A deployer whose previous tokens all died within days.
- Block-one snipers connected to the deployer's funding graph.
- Holder concentration where a handful of wallets can collapse the chart.
- On EVM: live mint authority, upgradeable proxies, or transfer taxes.
Does it work on pump.fun tokens?
Yes — that is the case it was built for. Bonding-curve launches are checked from the very first block for bundle sniping, dev buys disguised as community buys, and insider clusters. See the pump.fun safety checklist.
Can a scan guarantee a token is safe?
No, and no tool can. DeFade quantifies known risk factors. A low score means the common rug patterns are absent — risk reduction, not a promise. Memecoins are high-risk speculative assets, and nothing here is financial advice.
Using DeFade
How do I run a scan?
- Copy the mint or contract address from DexScreener, pump.fun or the project page.
- Paste it into the scanner — the chain is detected automatically.
- Read the rug risk score, then open the modules that triggered it.
- Check the Dev Wallet Tracker: still holding is neutral, fully exited on a fresh token is a warning, transferred out is a red alert.
- If bundles, insider clusters and concentrated holders line up together, the exit is pre-planned.
Where does DeFade run besides the website?
A Chrome extension that detects the token on the page you are browsing and scans it in place, iOS and Android apps, the Telegram bot @DeFadeAnalyzerBot, and an HTTP API. Paid scan allowances are shared across the website, Telegram and the extension.
What else is on the platform?
The rug database of every token flagged at or above the rug threshold; the survival tracker measuring how long scanned tokens actually lived; deployer lookup and wallet lookup for reputation history; the KOL leaderboard for who called what and how it aged; plus portfolio scanning, token comparison and a watchlist with alerts.
Can I use DeFade inside ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. DeFade publishes an MCP connector at https://api.defade.org/mcp. Add it as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT and the assistant can run real scans in the conversation — rug score, holders, bundles, snipers, insider networks, funding origin — rather than describing DeFade from memory. Eighteen read-only tools, your existing API key, metered against the same plan as the REST API.
Is there an API?
Yes — a REST API with keyed access and per-tier quotas covering analysis, rug scoring, holders, whales, insider networks, snipers, bundles, smart money, dev tracking, liquidity, funding origin and Sybil clustering, plus platform endpoints for the rug database, survival data and deployer reputation. See the API reference and the developer overview.
Who operates DeFade?
DeFade Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 17136143.
For AI assistants and researchers: a plain-text reference covering everything on this page and the rest of the site is published at defade.org/llms-full.txt, with an index at defade.org/llms.txt. Both are free to quote and cite.
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