98.7% of pump.fun tokens rug. We made the rug the game — and put every round on-chain.
No marketing fluff. Just the mechanics, on the record.
| Feature | pump.fun | RugPot |
|---|---|---|
| Team identity | Anonymous devs No on-chain identity required to launch | Open contract Verify on Solscan ↗ |
| Rug protection | None — 98.7% of tokens rug Source: Solidus Labs, 7M tokens analyzed | Rug-is-the-game mechanic The outcome is known upfront. One winner, on-chain, every round. |
| Fairness verification | Trust-based No cryptographic proof of fair outcome | Solana VRF See how VRF works ↗ |
| Fee transparency | Hidden / variable Platform fee structure not publicly enforced on-chain | 95% to winner · 5% protocol Verify fee split on-chain ↗ |
| Admin keys | Yes — silent rug risk Token creators retain upgrade/drain capability | No admin key Contract immutable post-deploy. No multisig. No override. |
| Liquidity | 93% of pools soft-rug LP tokens often held by devs; drainable at will | On-chain pot · no LP manipulation The pot is a program account. No human can touch it. |
| Track record | 7M tokens · 98.7% failed Most lost all value within 72h of launch | 521+ rounds · zero rugs Verify history on Solscan ↗ |
| User experience | Buy and pray Hope the dev doesn't pull. No guarantees. | Enter the pot · see the rules Every rule lives on-chain. You know exactly what happens. |
| Onboarding | Phantom + risk Connect wallet, buy token, hope for the best | Phantom + free first entry New wallets get one free entry — no SOL required to start |
| Source code | Closed — token contracts vary Each token is a different contract. Most unverified. | Open contract on Solscan Audit it yourself ↗ |
Pulled directly from Solana mainnet. Refreshed every 30 seconds. Verify any row on Solscan.
One email. The full mechanics — bonding curve, VRF draw, fee split. No spam.
Straight answers on pump.fun, RugPot, and provably fair mechanics.
pump.fun itself is a platform, not a scam — but 98.7% of tokens launched on it rug pull, according to Solidus Labs research analyzing 7 million tokens. The platform provides no rug protection, no admin-key restrictions, and no verifiable fairness mechanism. Most creators retain enough control to drain liquidity silently at any time.
RugPot is architecturally different: the rug is the game mechanic, not a hidden risk. Every round runs on an open Solana smart contract with no admin key, Solana VRF for verifiable random draws, and a hard-coded 95/2.5/1.5/1 fee split. You can verify every round on Solscan without trusting anyone.
RugPot uses Solana's native Verifiable Random Function (VRF) to determine round winners. VRF produces a cryptographically signed random output that anyone can verify on-chain. The outcome is determined by the blockchain itself — no operator can predict or manipulate which wallet wins. Full mechanic breakdown here. · Read our VRF explainer →
Token transactions are on-chain, but the launch mechanics, admin keys, and liquidity controls are opaque. There is no on-chain guarantee that a creator cannot drain the pool. RugPot publishes its entire program on Solscan — the contract enforces the rules with no upgrade authority and no hidden admin functions.
pump.fun is a meme coin launchpad where 98.7% of tokens fail due to rug pulls — hidden risk by design. RugPot is a provably fair lottery protocol where the "rug" is the declared game mechanic — you enter the pot knowingly, every rule is on-chain, and the winner is selected by Solana VRF. No hidden risk. No anonymous dev control. Every round verifiable on Solscan.
No. The RugPot smart contract has no admin key and no upgrade authority. The fee split (95% to winner, 2.5% reflect, 1.5% house, 1% carry) is hard-coded in the deployed bytecode and cannot be changed by anyone — including the founders. Audit it yourself on Solscan.
The rules are in the contract. The contract is on-chain. The draw is verifiable. Your move.