TRUST SCORE // FORENSIC CALIBRATION
The Sentinacle Trust Score is a penalty-based algorithm that returns a value from 0 to 100, summarizing the security posture of a token based on direct on-chain evidence.
Base score: 100. Penalties are subtracted for each finding detected. Bonuses are applied for verified positive signals (clean simulation, confirmed liquidity). The final score is clamped between 0 and 100.
Score Labels
| Score | Label | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 80 – 100 | 🟢 TRUSTED | No critical or high-risk signals detected. Clean simulation confirmed. |
| 50 – 79 | 🟡 MODERATE | Some risk signals present, but no confirmed exploit. Review findings. |
| 20 – 49 | 🟠 RISKY | Significant risk signals. Multiple high or critical findings. High caution. |
| 0 – 19 | 🔴 HIGH RISK | Critical vulnerability confirmed — honeypot, sell impossible, or catastrophic signal. |
A score of 100/100 is achievable and means: simulation confirmed the token is not a honeypot, taxes are 0%, and no significant risk signals were detected. It does not mean the project is fundamentally sound as an investment.
Signal Sources & Their Weight
Sentinacle applies different penalty weights depending on the source of the finding. Not all signals carry the same evidentiary value.
Tier 1 — Direct On-Chain Evidence (Highest weight)
motor_propio — Sentinacle’s own simulation engine
The most authoritative source. Findings are derived from live transactions executed on a fork of the blockchain (EVM) or direct RPC reads (Solana).
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL (honeypot confirmed, sell impossible) | −100 |
| HIGH (dangerous opcode confirmed) | −50 |
| MEDIUM (bytecode pattern — not a confirmed exploit) | −12 |
| LOW | −5 |
holders / solana_holders — Holder concentration
Computed directly from on-chain token accounts. Statistically validated predictor of rug pulls.
| Severity | EVM Penalty | Solana Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL (top 10 > 80%) | −55 | −60 |
| HIGH (top 10 > 50%) | −28 | −20 |
| MEDIUM (top 10 > 30%) | −5 | −5 |
lp_analysis — Liquidity pool
Single wallet controlling most of the pool is a Tier 1 rug pull signal.
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL (LP > 80% single wallet) | −60 |
| HIGH | −32 |
| MEDIUM | −8 |
| SUCCESS (LP burned) | +5 |
Tier 2 — Contextual On-Chain Signals
governance — Governance & control analysis
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL (hidden owner, hardcoded exploit) | −45 |
| HIGH (modifiable slippage, dangerous admin function) | −22 |
| MEDIUM (unrenounced ownership) | −8 |
| SUCCESS (Gnosis Safe, Timelock) | +3 |
behavioral — On-chain behavioral patterns
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | −30 |
| HIGH | −15 |
| MEDIUM | −5 |
market — Confirmed market data
Liquidity confirmed at $0 by multiple on-chain sources.
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | −40 |
| HIGH | −35 |
Tier 3 — External Sources (Reduced weight)
legacy — External APIs and third-party data
These sources may have false positives. Their penalties are reduced relative to direct on-chain evidence.
| Severity | Penalty |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | −15 |
| HIGH | −8 |
| MEDIUM | −3 |
Known false positives from external sources are fully ignored:
- Proxy / Delegate contracts
- Mint function / Mintable
- Blacklist / Blacklisted
- Pausable / Transfer Paused
- Anonymous Team
- Unverified (handled separately as a fixed −12 penalty)
Bonuses
Simulation Bonus (applied once)
| Condition | Bonus |
|---|---|
| EVM: clean Anvil simulation (not honeypot, sell tax < 50%) | +20 |
| Solana: active Raydium pool + no sell restriction | +5 |
Liquidity Bonus
| On-chain liquidity confirmed | Bonus |
|---|---|
| ≥ $5,000,000 | +20 |
| ≥ $500,000 | +12 |
| ≥ $50,000 | +5 |
Reputation Floor
Tokens with established on-chain reputation (e.g., verified stablecoins, major protocol tokens) have a minimum floor applied to their Trust Score regardless of findings.
Simulation Veto
When Sentinacle’s own simulation confirms not a honeypot and sell tax < 50%, penalties from external (legacy) sources are automatically halved. Direct on-chain evidence from the simulation supersedes inferred signals from third-party APIs.
Example Scores
| Token type | Typical score | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| USDC, USDT | 90+ | Reputation floor applied. Clean simulation. |
| Major DeFi token (JUP, UNI) | 80–95 | Clean simulation, distributed holders. |
| New token, mint authority active | 60–75 | Mint authority HIGH penalty, offset by clean sim. |
| High concentration (top 10 > 80%) | 30–55 | CRITICAL holder penalty dominates. |
| Confirmed honeypot | 0 | CRITICAL motor_propio penalty: −100. |
⚠️ A high Trust Score indicates technical security, not market safety. It means the contract cannot be used to steal your funds through code manipulation. It does not protect against whale selling, poor tokenomics, or market volatility. Always perform your own due diligence (DYOR).