What happened
The contract owner could disable the transfer function, which restricted users in selling their tokens.
The contract deployer added initial liquidity at:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x61d5d655…6a01a4
The contract deployer used hidden minting functionality under the addWork() function to generate new tokens onto his wallet:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x9cfdfc0b…85bb2f
The minted tokens were sold by the contract deployer at:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x39dcc40a…482215
Case & protocol details
Classification
Token
Protocol Type
Exit Scam/Honeypot
Affected asset / contract
HRS
Official Website
horus.finance/
Protocol Twitter/X
@HORUS_FINANCE
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report horus.finance
- analysis Web Archive web.archive.org
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