Investigator guide: Prelaunch evidence

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Prelaunch evidence is a research signal for investigators. It is not a guarantee that a token is safe, legitimate, or owned by the same actor forever.

The important question is what TokenOps actually observed and when.

High-value evidence:

• the creator wallet registered launch intent before the mint was live;
• the same wallet later signed with TokenOps;
• the submitted mint existed at verification time;
• mint authority, freeze authority, or metadata update authority linked the wallet to the mint;
• TokenOps stored a timestamped evidence snapshot before authority was revoked;
• later checks observed revocation after the earlier snapshot.

Medium-value evidence:

• current authority was already revoked, but historical transactions, launch-platform events, metadata history, or indexed provider records link the creator wallet to the mint.

Low-value evidence:

• the wallet signed, but TokenOps could not independently confirm a mint relationship.

Incomplete or conflicting evidence:

• data is missing, ambiguous, or contradictory;
• authority points elsewhere without matching historical support;
• the mint overlaps with an existing BEX project or claim;
• launch-platform evidence maps to another creator.

Investigators should read the evidence label, timestamp, mint, creator wallet, platform/source, and revocation state together. A paid prelaunch registration is never a safety badge and should not be treated as an endorsement.