How the "identical amounts" check works
Why multiple wallets holding the exact same token quantity is a statistically strong clue
What it is, in plain terms
The "identical amounts" check looks at whether multiple wallets, among a token's top holders, own exactly (or nearly exactly) the same quantity of tokens -- a statistically unlikely pattern if these were independent purchases made on the open market.
Buying on the open market almost always produces different quantities from wallet to wallet: it depends on when you buy, at what price, how much you want to spend. Seeing multiple wallets with identical amounts down to the last unit instead suggests those tokens were distributed directly by whoever controls the project, not bought on the market.
Why it's our most reliable signal
Unlike "common funder" or "insider signals" (both informational, with already-documented false positives on legitimate tokens), this check has a stronger statistical basis: identical amounts are hard to explain through the normal dynamics of an open market, where every purchase is independent of the others.
It's the only one of our coordination checks that we show as a true green/red signal, not just informational data -- precisely because the odds of it being an innocent coincidence are much lower than with the others.
How CriptoCheck checks it
We compare the amounts held by the token's top holders, looking for groups of two or more wallets with identical or nearly identical quantities (with a small tolerance for technical rounding).
The more wallets that share the exact same amount, the stronger the signal -- a single isolated case could theoretically be a coincidence, but a pattern repeated across multiple wallets is far less likely to be one by pure chance.
What it does NOT guarantee, to be honest
The absence of identical amounts doesn't automatically mean a token is safe -- a bad-faith project could distribute slightly different quantities on purpose, specifically to dodge this kind of check.
Not every case of identical amounts necessarily indicates an ongoing scam -- in rare cases it could be a legitimate airdrop with fixed, equal quantities for every participant. The context around the data always matters.
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