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Staying safe
This page shows how to tell aio's own coin from a copy, what the launch checks cover, and the risks no check removes.
At a glance
- early-buy scan
- 64 slots
- about 26 seconds after a coin is created
- buyers traced
- up to 15
- the rest are recorded as not traced
- seed phrase
- never asked
- aio only asks you to sign in or to sign a transaction
- if flagged
- fees withheld
- the coin's creator fees can't be claimed
Marks on a coin
| mark | what it means |
|---|---|
[official aio coin] | aio's own platform coin. Only one coin can carry it, and only after the operator sets its address. |
[featured by aio] | a coin aio chose to show on the home page. It is not the platform coin. |
[not official] | the coin's name or ticker looks like aio's, but it isn't aio's coin. |
[curated] | the aio team picked the coin or helped launch it. Not advice. |
On mainnet, a new coin can't take a name or ticker that reads as aio's own coin or as a major asset. The marks cover the rest.
The clean-launch checks
aio creates every coin itself and hides its address until it is live, so a launcher can't bundle their own buys with the create. Then aio's server reads the first 64 slots after the create and records every buyer. A buyer counts as linked when it is the launcher's wallet, or was funded by it within two steps. Each coin records its scan window; older records report checks over 32 slots.
| result | meaning | creator fees |
|---|---|---|
| clean | every buyer in the scanned slots was traced and none is linked, or nobody bought | claimable |
| partial | none linked, but some buyers weren't traced | claimable |
| flagged | a buyer is the launcher or was funded by it | withheld |
| unverifiable | the blocks couldn't be read | claimable |
| unchecked | the scan hasn't finished | claims wait for it |
The check covers those slots only: a launcher who buys later is not seen. Money routed through an exchange or a fresh path isn't traced, and anyone can still buy a coin fast once it is public.
Your keys
- aio never asks for a seed phrase or a private key. The API refuses anything that looks like one.
- For trades, aio builds the transaction and your own wallet signs it.
- Fees you haven't claimed yet are held by aio, in the coin's fee wallet. That part is custodial.
The risks no check removes
Coins on aio are made by users, not by aio. Memecoins are extremely volatile and most lose most of their value. A bonding curve or a buyback does not protect a price. A fee recipient has not endorsed a coin unless they say so. Smart contracts can fail.
Some optional features are refused in some countries: stock coins (coins paired with tokenized stocks). These are off by default and keep their country block when on.
A stock coin is not a share. The stock token's issuer can freeze, pause or move any balance of it, including the pool's. A coin that only shows a stock ticker tag is not a stock coin: check what its page says it is paired with.