Mint authority
The power to create new tokens. As long as someone holds it, the total supply can grow at any moment.
Why it matters
If the creator can mint another billion tokens and sell them into the pool, the price collapses and your share is diluted. It is one of the simplest ways to take buyers' money.
What it looks like in practice
On Solana every token has a mint authority field: if it is empty (revoked), no new coins can ever be created. pump.fun tokens revoke it automatically. On EVM chains (Robinhood Chain) minting lives in the contract code — what matters is who controls it and whether the owner renounced it.
How QUVR Pulse checks it
QUVR Pulse reads the Solana mint account directly and, for EVM contracts, checks the bytecode and runs read-only probes as the owner. The result is in the report's Contract section.
FAQ
Is a revoked mint authority a guarantee?
No. It removes one specific risk, but the price can still fall because of large holders selling or thin liquidity.