The ticker is marketing. The contract address is the token. Learning to read one takes a minute and saves you from most copycat tokens.
Solana addresses
Base58 strings of 32 to 44 characters, with no 0, O, I or l. Launchpads often grind vanity suffixes: …pump for pump.fun, …bonk for letsbonk. A suffix tells you where it launched, not whether it is safe.
EVM addresses
BNB Chain, Base, Ethereum and Robinhood share one format: 0x plus 40 hex characters. The same address can exist on several chains with different tokens, so always confirm the chain.
Five checks
- Paste the address into the inspector, not the name.
- Mint and freeze authority off (Solana) or no mint / blacklist (EVM).
- Top 10 holders below roughly 30% excluding the pool.
- Liquidity in proportion to market cap.
- Callers and timing on the chart markers.
Educational only. #DYOR #NFA