GetBlock Launches Token Risks API: Instant Smart Contract Security Checks Across 29 Chains

Before you trade a token, integrate it into your platform, or build anything around it, you probably want to know if the contract is safe.

Token Risks API is a new tool on GetBlock that lets anyone scan EVM smart contracts and ERC-20 tokens across 29 chains, including Ethereum, BSC, Base, Polygon, Celo, and Sonic. Powered by the Glider engine from Hexens, a leading blockchain security firm, it brings advanced contract risk analysis directly into the GetBlock platform.

The tool is available to GetBlock users in two formats:

The online contract scanner is live and free to use: Paste a contract address and get a full security report in seconds.

Developers and teams that need token security data inside their own products can request API access.

What the Token Risks API does

The Token Risks API runs 20 automated checks across a contract’s deployed bytecode and returns:

A security score from 0 to 100 – higher scores mean fewer potential issues
A full list of all checks performed with descriptions
If risky patterns detected, the exact code snippets that triggered them

GetBlock ERC-20 smart contract risks scanner

It checks for the things that matter most before any token interaction:

Ownership functions that give deployers unusual control over the contract
Proxy and upgrade patterns that allow contract logic to be swapped post-deployment
Mechanisms common for honeypots - sell cooldowns, transfer taxes, or transfers that don’t behave as users expect
Hidden mint functions that allow unlimited supply inflation after deployment
Non-standard balance manipulation functions that can alter wallet balances outside normal transfer logic
Blacklist and whitelist logic that can selectively freeze wallets
Unauthorized or unusual approvals that could be exploited
Unusual code that could hide dangerous behavior – e.g., raw assembly, external calls during transfers, or the ability to self-destruct the contract
ERC-20 compliance issues – missing events, non-compliant function behavior, etc.

The Token Risks API is not a replacement for a full security audit, but it's a fast, accessible first line of defense.

Which networks are supported

The Token Risks API covers a broad and growing set of EVM-compatible chains, from the major L1s and L2s to newer ecosystems.

Supported networks include Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Base, Avalanche, Arbitrum One, Arbitrum Nova, Optimism, Blast, Taiko, Linea, Mantle, Celo, Polygon zkEVM, Gnosis, Cronos, Moonbeam, Moonriver, Fraxtal, XDC Network, World Chain, Unichain, Sonic, Abstract, and Berachain.

Already a GetBlock customer? Token Risks API fits naturally alongside your existing RPC node subscription.

Powered by Hexens

GetBlock’s Token Risks API is built on top of Hexens' Glider – one of the most technically rigorous smart contract analysis engines in the industry.

Hexens is a leading blockchain security firm with a strong track record. Their Glider engine powers token risk data at the infrastructure level, trusted by industry leaders, data providers, and security firms across the Web3.

Traditional token scanners often rely on blacklists or previously reported malicious addresses. By contrast, the Token Risks API powered by Hexens Glider analyzes the logic of deployed smart contracts themselves, identifying embedded risk mechanisms and potentially dangerous behaviors that many surface-level scanners miss.

By integrating Hexens’ Glider API into its infrastructure stack, GetBlock makes token-risk intelligence a native part of the developer workflow, alongside the RPC access users already rely on.

How to use GetBlock’s Token Risks APIs

Two ways to use it:

1. No-code contract scanner

Go to the Token Risks dashboard:

Select the blockchain the contract is deployed to
Enter the token contract address you want to analyze
Run the scan

You get a security report in seconds: risk score, identified vulnerabilities, and a breakdown of flagged behaviors. This is the fastest way to check a crypto token before trading, listing, or integrating it.

2. API access

For teams building security tooling, wallets, DEX aggregators, analytics dashboards, or compliance infrastructure, the Token Risks API is available as a direct API integration.

Send a request to the GetBlock endpoint with a contract address and chain ID
Receive structured JSON with an overall risk score, a list of identified risk types, severity levels, and descriptions for each flag
Use the data however your application needs

Contact the GetBlock team for integration support.

Designed for traders, builders, and researchers

GetBlock has been providing Web3 infrastructure since 2019 – RPC endpoints, tailored dedicated nodes, and API access across 130+ blockchains, with 99.9+% uptime across core services. The Token Risks API is a natural extension of that infrastructure focus.

Anyone who builds, trades, or monitors on-chain activity has a reason to know whether a contract is safe before touching it.

Traders and investors

Before entering a position on a new or low-liquidity token, run a contract scan. Know whether there's a hidden mint function, a sell block, or centralized withdrawal access before you commit. The browser scanner is free and takes seconds.

Wallet and portfolio app developers

Integrate the API to automatically flag suspicious tokens before users interact with them. Add a meaningful security layer to your product without building or maintaining the analysis engine yourself.

DeFi platforms and DEX aggregators

Screen tokens at the infrastructure level before listing or routing. Catch honeypots, hidden mint functions, and ownership backdoors before they reach your users.

Trading bots and analytics tools

Integrate real-time token risk scoring directly into execution logic or alerting pipelines. Query structured JSON risk data programmatically across 29 chains at whatever scale your tool requires.

Security and compliance teams

Use the browser scanner for manual due diligence, or request API access to build monitoring pipelines, generate risk reports, or classify tokens across multiple chains at scale.

Try the free scanner – no account required: https://getblock.io/token-risks-api/.

For teams that already rely on GetBlock for Web3 infrastructure access, you can now treat smart contract risk intelligence as just another piece of your blockchain infra – Request enterprise Token Risks API access from the GetBlock team today.