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How Rug Pulls Actually Work: Five Technical Patterns

Security & OpSec beginner 5 min read Free Updated 2026-08-22

A technical breakdown of the five on-chain patterns behind most Solana/EVM rug pulls — live mint authority, live freeze authority, honeypot sell-blocking, unlocked or fake-locked liquidity, and holder concentration — with what each looks like in raw contract/account data and which public checks surface it.

"Rug pull" gets used for every kind of crypto loss, but the mechanism is almost always one of five specific, checkable patterns. Here’s what each one actually looks like on-chain, in plain terms, before you buy.

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