Is LINK safe to buy? ChainLink Token security analysis on Ethereum
Automated honeypot, tax, liquidity and contract-permission analysis of LINK on Ethereum. 0x514910771af9ca656af840dff83e8264ecf986ca
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SAFE
9 signals · 90% data completeness
Recursio scores LINK 95/100 — the SAFE band — from 9 signals at 90% data completeness. The score is held back mainly by LP safety (15/100).
There is no buy or sell tax, and sell simulation succeeded for 2487 of 2487 real wallets (0.0% fail rate).
$49.7M of liquidity across 23 pairs is deep enough for retail-size trades.
No owner kill switches were found — no minting, pausing, blacklisting or adjustable tax.
Key risks for LINK
- Only 0% of LP is locked
LINK market & liquidity
| Price | $8.7900 |
|---|---|
| 24h change | 3.3% |
| Market cap | $6.6B |
| 24h volume | $5.5M |
| DEX liquidity | $49.7M |
| Holders | 910.2K |
| Trading pairs | 23 |
LINK contract security checks
| Honeypot | No |
|---|---|
| Verified source code | Yes |
| Mintable supply | No |
| Transfers pausable | No |
| Blacklist function | No |
| Proxy contract | No |
| Owner can change balances | No |
| Hidden owner | No |
| Ownership can be reclaimed | No |
| Self-destruct | No |
| Tax modifiable by owner | No |
| Trading cooldown | No |
| Cannot sell all | No |
| Buy tax | 0% |
| Sell tax | 0% |
| Owner holdings | 0.0% |
| Creator holdings | 0.0% |
| LP holders | 187 |
| LP locked | 0.0% |
| Listed on CEX | Yes |
Real-holder sell simulation for LINK
Recursio replays actual sell transactions for real LINK holders. This catches dynamic honeypots that pass a static contract audit — a token can look clean and still block most wallets from selling.
| Holders simulated | 2487 |
|---|---|
| Sold successfully | 2487 |
| Failed to sell | 0 |
| Fail rate | 0.0% |
| Simulated buy tax | 0.0% |
| Simulated sell tax | 0.0% |
| Highest tax seen | 0.0% |
| Risk level | low |
How the LINK safety score is calculated
The score is a weighted composite. Missing data lowers confidence rather than being silently skipped, and hard caps apply — a token with almost no liquidity or a failed sell simulation cannot score well no matter how clean its source code looks.
| Signal | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Honeypot risk | 100/100 | 22% |
| Contract security | 100/100 | 13% |
| Owner risk | 100/100 | 11% |
| Owner permissions | 100/100 | 11% |
| Holder distribution | 100/100 | 9% |
| Liquidity | 100/100 | 13% |
| Market activity | 100/100 | 9% |
| ERC-20 compliance | no data | 0% |
| Clone / fake token | 100/100 | 6% |
| LP safety | 15/100 | 6% |
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Frequently asked
Is LINK a honeypot?
Automated checks did not flag LINK as a honeypot at the time of this scan, with a 0.0% fail rate across simulated real-holder sells.
What are the LINK buy and sell taxes?
Buy tax 0%, sell tax 0% when scanned.
Can I trust this score?
It aggregates GoPlus contract security, honeypot.is real-holder sell simulation and DexScreener market data into one number. It measures contract and liquidity risk — not whether a price will go up. Nothing here is investment advice.
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