How to Read a Token Contract on BscScan or Etherscan
How do you read a token contract on BscScan or Etherscan? Open the token's contract address on the explorer, confirm the source code is verified, then check who owns the contract and which functions that owner can call. Focus on minting, fees, blacklists, pausing and proxy upgrades, because those decide what can change after you buy. What does a token contract page on a block explorer show? BscScan covers BNB Smart Chain and Etherscan covers Ethereum. Both work the same way, so the steps in this guide apply to either one. When you paste a token's contract address into the search bar, the explorer opens a token page with several tabs. Overview: the token name, symbol, total supply, decimals and the number of holder addresses the explorer has counted. Transfers: every movement of the token between addresses, newest first. Holders: a ranked list of the addresses that hold the most tokens, with their share of supply. Contract: the deployed code, plus the Read Contract and Write...