Why privacy matters
What public wallets cost you on every other launchpad, and how Ztonk fixes each one.
Blockchains are public by design, and launchpads inherit that. Every trade is permanently tied to the wallet that signed it, and it takes seconds to look that wallet up. That creates real costs for the people trading:
What goes wrong on a public launchpad
Your buys get copied — and front-run
Wallet trackers flag any wallet that's done well before. The moment it buys, bots and copy-traders pile in, often ahead of you, and your entry gets worse.
Your trade comes from a fresh wallet with no track record, so there's nothing to follow.
Your whole portfolio is public
One click on any trade shows your balance, your profit and loss, and every other coin you've touched — to anyone, forever.
Each trading wallet can hold one position and nothing else. Your main wallet never appears in a trade.
Creators' holdings are watched
The market tracks exactly how much the creator bought. Any move from that wallet — even a small sale for fees — can set off a panic.
Creators can make their first buy through the shield, so their tokens sit in a wallet nobody can link to them.
Big wallets become targets
Wallets holding a lot get singled out for phishing, scams and, sometimes, real-world attention once they're tied to a name.
A fresh wallet isn't tied to your identity, your socials or your other holdings.
Everyone sees you selling
When a known wallet starts to sell, others rush to sell first, and you exit into a falling price.
Your exit looks like any other seller's.
“Can't I just use a new wallet?”
Not really. A new wallet has to get SOL from somewhere, and that transfer is public — anyone can follow it straight back to the wallet that funded it. Ztonk removes that trail: the new wallet is funded from the shield, and even its network fees are paid by someone else. More in Ztonk vs the alternatives.