Is Zcash (ZEC) a Rug?

How to read these checks

A "rug pull" is when a token's creators drain its value and disappear — by minting unlimited new supply, pulling the liquidity that lets people sell, freezing holders out, or dumping a concentrated position. Most rugs share the same on-chain fingerprints, and those fingerprints are visible before the money leaves. This page turns the raw Solana on-chain state for Zcash into the specific checks that matter.

Mint and freeze authority are the two most important signals. A token where both authorities are revoked cannot have new supply printed and cannot freeze your wallet — the two most direct rug vectors are off the table. When either authority is still active, the owner retains control that a good-faith project usually gives up, so it deserves extra scrutiny.

Liquidity pool lock tells you whether the pool that backs ZEC can be yanked. Locked or burned liquidity makes an instant liquidity-removal rug much harder. Unlocked liquidity is not automatically bad — large protocol- and exchange-managed tokens often run unlocked pools — but on a small, anonymous token it is one of the clearest warning signs.

Holder concentration measures how much of the supply sits in the top 10 wallets. Highly concentrated ownership means a few holders can crash the price by selling together, whether through a coordinated dump or a single whale exit. Wider distribution is healthier.

Liquidity depth and token age round out the picture. Deep liquidity means you can actually exit a position without catastrophic slippage; thin liquidity is easy to manipulate and hard to escape. Older tokens have had more time to prove they are not exit scams — the majority of rugs happen in a token's first days and weeks. NAVI's age signal is approximate, so weigh it alongside the other checks rather than on its own.

How NAVI scores rug risk

NAVI combines these on-chain checks into a single composite risk score from 0 to 100, where a higher number means higher risk. Scores are banded into LOW (0–39), MODERATE (40–64) and HIGH (65–100). The score is weighted toward the signals with the strongest link to real losses — active authorities, unlocked liquidity, and extreme holder concentration carry more weight than softer signals. Because the data refreshes continuously, a token's verdict can change as liquidity, holders, and authorities change on-chain.

The point of a rug check is not to give you a yes/no answer — it is to make the risks legible so you can size a position, or walk away, with your eyes open. NAVI shows you the same on-chain facts a careful trader would pull manually, in one place, updated in real time.