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What Is Liquidity Locking?
Liquidity locking means locking the LP tokens from a liquidity pool so the underlying liquidity can't be removed until the unlock time — the main anti-rug signal in DeFi.
Liquidity locking is the practice of locking the LP (liquidity-provider) tokens you receive when you add liquidity to a decentralized exchange pool. Because LP tokens are the claim on the pool's assets, locking them makes the underlying liquidity impossible to withdraw until the unlock time. It is the primary defense against a 'liquidity rug', where a team removes liquidity and crashes the price.
LP tokens in one sentence
When you add liquidity to a pool, you get LP tokens representing your share; whoever holds the LP tokens can remove that liquidity — so locking them locks the liquidity.
What buyers check
- That a large percentage of LP is locked.
- That the lock lasts a meaningful length of time.
- That the lock is verifiable on-chain, not just a screenshot.
Titan Locker detects LP tokens and displays the underlying token pair, so the lock certificate shows exactly which liquidity is secured.