Interrogator guide
What does LP locked or burned mean?
Most rug pulls aren't clever. The creator just takes the money out of the trading pool. Whether they can do that comes down to one thing: who holds the LP tokens.
What the liquidity pool is
When a token trades on a decentralized exchange, it trades against a pool that holds two things: the token and something valuable, like SOL, ETH or USDC. When you buy, you put SOL in and take tokens out. When you sell, you do the opposite. The valuable side of that pool is the money everyone can sell into.
Whoever adds that liquidity gets LP tokens, a receipt that says they own a share of the pool. Hand those receipts back and you withdraw your share of both sides.
How a liquidity rug works
If the creator holds the LP tokens, they can withdraw the pool at any moment. The SOL or ETH leaves with them, the pool is left with almost nothing on the valuable side, and the price collapses. Holders still have their tokens, but there's nothing left to sell them into. That's the classic rug pull.
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Locked vs burned
- Burned: the LP tokens are sent to an address nobody controls. The liquidity can never be withdrawn. This is the strongest version.
- Locked: the LP tokens are held by a locker contract until a date. Safe until the unlock, and then it's in the creator's hands again. Always check the unlock date.
- Unlocked: the creator holds them. They can pull liquidity whenever they want.
Some launchpads handle this automatically. For example, when a pump.fun token graduates, its liquidity is moved to a DEX pool and the LP is burned, so graduated tokens usually show high LP burned percentages.
What a locked LP doesn't fix
- Holders can still dump. A locked pool doesn't stop a whale selling into it.
- Mint authority can still dilute the supply if it's active.
- A short lock just delays the rug.
- Only part of the LP might be locked. 20% locked means 80% can still walk.
How The Interrogator checks liquidity
For Solana tokens, The Interrogator reads the LP locked or burned percentage for each market from RugCheck. For EVM tokens, it reads LP holder data from GoPlus, including whether holders are locked. If less than half of the LP is locked or burned on a pair younger than 30 days, the Developer or Wallets round adds 2 points.
The Trading round adds context from DexScreener: liquidity under $5,000 adds 2 points and under $25,000 adds 1, because thin pools are easy to drain or move. A pair older than 180 days with at least $250,000 of liquidity gets 2 points back for its track record.
Every flag links to RugCheck, GoPlus or DexScreener so you can see the lock yourself. If a source can't answer, the case says so and adds nothing.
LP lock FAQ
Where do I see the unlock date? The locker's own page shows it. Open the RugCheck or GoPlus receipt from the case and follow the lock link if one is listed. If you can't find a date, assume it can unlock soon.
Is 100% burned always safe? It removes the liquidity-pull risk only. Holders can still dump into the pool, and the price can still go to zero if everyone sells.
Why does a low dollar liquidity matter if it's burned? Because a thin pool moves a lot on every trade. One holder selling a few thousand dollars' worth can crater the price, burned or not.
Quick checklist
- Is the LP burned, or locked, and for how long?
- What percentage is locked?
- How much liquidity is there in dollars?
- Is the pair brand new?
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