# ERC20 Token Tax & Honeypot Risk Inspector

> ERC20 Token Tax & Honeypot Risk Inspector is a paid API for AI agents from api.x402node.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Inspects an ERC20 token contract on EVM chains for buy/sell tax rates, owner renouncement status, and basic honeypot/rug-pull risk flags

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.x402node.dev/chain/token-tax
- Price: $0.006/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/erc20-token-tax-honeypot-risk-inspector-83a69a72
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WO5EaTCf6xJENC87CclNF

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability erc20-token-tax-honeypot-risk-inspector-83a69a72
```

Example prompt: Before I buy this meme coin, can you check the token contract 0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7 on Ethereum mainnet for buy/sell tax rates, whether the owner has renounced the contract, and any honeypot or rug risk flags?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, on-chain safety check on an ERC20 token — especially meme coins or newly launched tokens — to detect buy/sell tax traps, honeypot mechanisms, or unrenounced owner risk before executing a trade or recommending a token to a user

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent contract address returns an error
- Unsupported EVM chain returns an error
- Contract is not an ERC20 token and cannot be analyzed
- RPC node timeout causes delayed or failed response
- Token uses non-standard tax implementation that evades detection

## How this service works

Inspect an ERC20 token contract for buy/sell tax fields, owner renouncement and basic honeypot risk flags on EVM chains. token tax, honeypot check, buy sell tax, meme coin safety, rug risk flags, rugpull detection, token audit, contract safety check Accepts payment on Base or Solana — either network works.

## Output

Returns buy tax percentage, sell tax percentage, owner renouncement status, and a set of honeypot/rug-pull risk flags for the specified ERC20 token contract on the given EVM chain

## Example request

```json
{
 "chain": "ethereum",
 "token": "0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7"
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "address"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "chain": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ethereum, base (default), arbitrum, optimism, polygon"
      },
      "token": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "ERC20 contract address (optional)"
      },
      "address": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Token contract address (required)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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