Solana & memecoins
What does locked liquidity mean?
Locked liquidity means the LP tokens representing the pool are held in a contract that will not release them until a set date. Burned liquidity means they were destroyed and can never be withdrawn at all. Both remove one specific rug vector - the deployer pulling the pool - and neither says anything about whether the token is worth buying.
The difference in one line
- Locked. Withdrawable later, when the lock expires. Check the date - a lock expiring in 48 hours protects almost nothing.
- Burned. Never withdrawable. Stronger, and irreversible in both directions.
What locking still permits
- Holders dumping. A wallet with 30 percent of supply can destroy the price without touching the pool.
- Mint authority. If new tokens can still be minted, supply is not fixed.
- Abandonment. Locked liquidity in a token nobody trades is a pool with a price and no buyers.
- Partial locks. A small locked share alongside a large unlocked one is a headline, not a protection.
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