Version 2, 2026-10-18. Any change to a definition or threshold bumps the version.
Top 10 holders
Share of supply held by the 10 largest wallets. Accounts controlled by programs (liquidity pools, bonding curves, lockers) and burn addresses are not counted.
- Threshold
- caution from 30%, high from 50%
- Confidence
- High: balances are read straight from the chain.
Dev wallet
Share of supply held today by the wallet that signed and paid for the token creation transaction.
- Threshold
- caution from 5%, high from 15%
- Confidence
- High when the creation transaction names the creator. Medium when it comes from RugCheck.
Bundles
Wallets that received the token in the same block as the creation transaction (certain), or a group of at least 3 buyers in one block within 10 blocks of launch (probable).
- Threshold
- caution from 5%, high from 15%
- Confidence
- High for the launch block, medium for groups in later blocks (they can be independent bots).
Snipers
Wallets that bought themselves within 10 s of token creation and are not a bundle or the dev.
- Threshold
- caution from 5%, high from 15%
- Confidence
- High: block time is a fact. A sniper is not necessarily linked to the dev.
Insiders
Wallets linked to the dev: their first SOL came from the dev or the dev sent them the token (certain), or they share the dev's funding source (probable).
- Threshold
- caution from 5%, high from 15%
- Confidence
- High for direct transfers, medium for a shared source (it can be an exchange we do not know).
Fresh wallets
Wallets with at most 20 transactions in their whole history and a first transaction no more than 14 days ago.
- Threshold
- caution from 10%, high from 25%
- Confidence
- High, because the whole wallet history is checked. A fresh wallet is a signal, not proof.
Team holds 0%?
We compare the creator wallet's balance (what a launchpad shows as "dev holds") with today's balance of linked wallets: got their first SOL from the dev, had their buy paid by the dev, or bought in the creation block (certain); share the dev's SOL source, bought as a group in one block, or several early buyers share one SOL source (probable). We check the top holders and up to 15 first buyers.
- Threshold
- "0%" means under 1% in the dev wallet. Rated like the dev wallet, on the total: caution from 5%, high from 15%.
- Confidence
- A range: the low end counts certain links, the high end adds probable ones. A shared SOL source can be an exchange we do not know, and a group in one block can be independent bots.
Dev funding source
The account that sent the most SOL in the creator wallet's oldest successful transaction (searched within at most 3000 transactions), its history, and the account that funded it in turn. We also show holders and early buyers funded from the same source or by the dev directly.
- Threshold
- High: the same source or the dev funded at least 2 holders. Caution: 1 such holder, or the dev or its source is a fresh wallet (up to 20 transactions, up to 14 days).
- Confidence
- High: a SOL transfer is a fact on chain. A withdrawal from an exchange ends the trail, because an exchange pools many customers' funds.
Early buyer P&L
The first buyers from the launch transactions (the dev and up to 15 wallets): cost in SOL from their buy transactions (fees included), how many tokens they got, how many they hold today and what that is worth at the current price. Realized profit is not computed, because sell transactions are not read.
- Threshold
- Exited: holds under 1% of the launch bag. Sold part: under 90%. Holding: up to 110%. Above that: bought more.
- Confidence
- High for balances and cost. A wallet may have moved its tokens to another address instead of selling, so "exited" means "no longer holds on this address".
What exactly we read
Solana: we read the 20 largest token accounts, the creation transaction and the first 40 successful transactions after it (searched within at most 4000 transactions), and for every top wallet and first buyer its history up to 21 transactions, its first SOL transfer and today's balance. Source: Solana RPC; when the token's history is too long, RugCheck names the creator. DexScreener prices the P&L.
Base and BNB Chain: top holders and the creator share come from GoPlus. Bundles, snipers, insiders, fresh wallets, dev funding, P&L and the team 0% check are not computed for EVM yet.
Accounts controlled by programs are not counted: on Solana these are addresses off the ed25519 curve (PDAs), i.e. liquidity pools, bonding curves and lockers. Wallets funded from the hot wallets of large exchanges do not form a cluster, because a shared exchange does not mean a shared owner.
Percentages cover the top holder wallets, so they are a lower bound: small wallets outside the top are not counted. The range shows the result for certain wallets and for certain plus probable ones. These are signals for your own checks, not a verdict and not financial advice.