Use Case

Enhance Scam Prevention for Your Token Project

Token creators can integrate scam prevention directly into their project's economics and technology. Using features like transparent revenue models and holder rewards builds trust that deters malicious actors. This guide covers specific, actionable methods to protect your project and community.

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Key Benefits

Integrate scam prevention into tokenomics via transparent, ongoing creator revenue (e.g., 0.30% per trade).

Use holder rewards (e.g., 0.30%) to align community interests and create a self-policing ecosystem.

Leverage programable token standards like Token-2022 for enforceable, perpetual 1% fees post-launch.

Build credibility with included AI tools to create a professional, legitimate-looking project website instantly.

The Problem

Traditional solutions are complex, time-consuming, and often require technical expertise.

The Solution

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The Best Way to Prevent Scams: Build Trust into Your Token

Scam prevention starts before the first trade.

The most effective scam prevention isn't just a warning label; it's a structural feature of your token. Projects that are transparent about their economics, reward long-term holders, and use enforceable smart contracts are inherently less attractive to fraudsters. A platform that supports these features from launch is critical. For Solana creators, using a launchpad that enforces a clear revenue model like 0.30% for creators and 0.30% for holders, while providing professional tools, establishes immediate legitimacy. This contrasts with 'free' launches that often lack accountability and attract pump-and-dump schemes.

Transparent Economics vs. 'Zero Fee' Promises

Many scam tokens use the promise of 'zero fees' or '100% to liquidity' as a lure, which often hides the creator's true exit plan—a rug pull. A legitimate project is upfront about its costs and sustainability.

Scam Model: 0% creator fee. The creator's only incentive is to drain liquidity and abandon the project.
Prevention Model: 0.30% creator fee per trade. This provides continuous, sustainable revenue, aligning the creator's success with the token's long-term health. It removes the incentive for a sudden rug pull.

Adding a 0.30% holder reward further aligns interests, turning your community into active stakeholders who benefit from legitimate trading volume. This dual-model makes your token a poor target for snipers and wash traders looking for quick, fee-less exploits.

0% fee models incentivize abrupt exit scams (rug pulls).

0.30% creator fee model incentivizes long-term project growth.

0.30% holder reward turns your community into protective stakeholders.

5 Steps to Integrate Scam Prevention at Launch

Proactive measures are more effective than reactive warnings.

Follow these concrete steps when launching your token to build-in protection from day one.

Choose a Launchpad with Enforced Fees: Launch on a platform that programmatically enforces a transparent creator fee (like 0.30%). This isn't optional; it's coded into the initial setup, preventing you from even creating a 'zero-fee' scam vector. Compare launchpad features to make an informed choice.
Enable Holder Rewards Immediately: Activate a holder reward distribution (e.g., 0.30%) from the first block. This is a powerful signal of fair distribution and community focus.
Plan for the 'Graduation' with Token-2022: Use a launchpad that migrates your token to Solana's Token-2022 standard. This allows you to enforce a 1% perpetual fee after leaving the launchpad, a feature impossible to rug. It's a permanent, verifiable commitment to the project.
Use the AI Website Builder: Immediately create a professional website using the included AI tools. A legitimate, informative website (saving you $29-99/month) builds immense credibility and is a major red flag for scammers who operate in Telegram channels only.
Communicate the Model Clearly: In your project's documentation and social channels, explicitly explain the 0.30%/0.30% fee model and its purpose—sustainable development and holder rewards. Transparency disarms FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt).

Key Technologies That Build Trust and Prevent Fraud

Specific technical features act as trust signals and scam deterrents.

Token-2022 Programmable Fees: Post-launch, this standard lets you lock in a 1% fee structure that cannot be removed by the creator. It's a verifiable, on-chain promise.
Immutable Initial Liquidity: Using a launchpad that locks initial liquidity (from the 0.1 SOL launch fee) in a secure pool prevents immediate withdrawal.
On-Chain Revenue Transparency: Every 0.30% creator fee and 0.30% holder reward is recorded on the Solana blockchain. Anyone can audit the flows, proving the model is real.
Integrated Professional Tools: The inclusion of an AI website builder negates the classic scam marker of a low-effort or non-existent web presence. It shows investment in the project's public face.

Token-2022 enables permanent, un-rug-pullable fee structures.
On-chain fee transparency allows for real-time community auditing.
Professional AI-built websites eliminate a key scam indicator.

A Tale of Two Launches: Rug Pull vs. Sustainable Project

The launch platform you choose sets the economic trajectory.

Consider two creators launching gaming tokens on Solana.

Creator A (Scam Risk): Uses a 'free' launchpad with no fees. They promise the moon, launch with minimal website info, and take 0% revenue. Their only path to profit is to hype the token and sell their entire dev wallet at once, crashing the price—a classic rug pull. The community is left with nothing.

Creator B (Scam Prevention): Uses a launchpad with a 0.30% creator fee and 0.30% holder reward. They pay the 0.1 SOL (~$20) fee. They instantly generate a polished website with the AI builder, detailing their game's roadmap. They communicate that the 0.30% fee funds ongoing development. As the game gains users and token trades volume, Creator B earns sustainable revenue, and holders earn rewards. The project grows. The 1% Token-2022 fee planned for post-graduation assures everyone of its future.

The difference is structural. Creator B's model makes a scam not just unethical, but economically illogical. Learn more about launching a gaming token on Solana with these principles.

Build a Trustworthy Token from the First Line of Code

Scam prevention is a feature you can design into your token's DNA. By choosing a launchpad that mandates transparent economics and provides professional tools, you protect your project, your reputation, and your community from day one. The small initial investment of 0.1 SOL establishes a framework for long-term, legitimate success.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No, it makes it more credible. A small, transparent fee (like 0.30%) signals a sustainable project. Investors are wary of 'zero fee' tokens, as they often indicate the creator's only profit plan is a rug pull. A fair fee funds development and aligns creator success with token longevity, which is attractive to serious holders.

Holder rewards (e.g., 0.30% of trades distributed to holders) turn your community into invested stakeholders. These holders have a financial incentive to monitor for and report suspicious activity, promote legitimate trading, and discourage pump-and-dump behavior. It creates a self-policing ecosystem that is hostile to scammers and snipers.

Token-2022 is an upgraded token standard on Solana that supports programmable features like permanent transfer fees. After your token 'graduates' from a launchpad, it can enforce a perpetual fee (e.g., 1%). This fee is unchangeable and provides ongoing project revenue, making it impossible for a creator to later 'rug' the fee structure. It's a permanent, verifiable commitment on-chain.

It's far less effective. Scam prevention is about establishing trust at launch. Adding fees or changing tokenomics after launch can be seen as a red flag or a 'bait-and-switch.' Building transparent fees and rewards into the initial contract, as done on platforms like Spawned, sets the right trustworthy tone from the very first block and attracts a better quality community.

Yes. A professional, informative website is a major trust signal. Scam projects often have no website, a single landing page, or very low-quality content. An AI-generated website, provided at launch, instantly gives your project a legitimate public face, detailed information space, and shows a baseline of effort and investment that deters bad actors from targeting your launch.

The core principles of transparent economics are universal. However, Solana's low transaction costs make small, frequent fees like 0.30% viable without burdening users. On Ethereum, high gas fees can make similar micro-fees impractical. Solana's speed and efficiency, combined with features like Token-2022, provide a technical environment where these scam-prevention models work smoothly. [Explore the differences for gaming tokens](/use-cases/token/how-to-create-gaming-token-on-ethereum).

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