Why does the same name show up on several coins? Don’t panic—the class study rep is here to explain:
The most reliable way to tell on-chain tokens apart is by their contract address. On Solana, it’s called the Mint address.
Token names can be anything, but contract addresses can’t be forged to be exactly the same, so checking the address is far more reliable than looking at the name.
Don’t laugh—I learned this the hard way too.
$DOGE 0.06806（-1.31%）
The most reliable way to tell on-chain tokens apart is by their contract address. On Solana, it’s called the Mint address.
Token names can be anything, but contract addresses can’t be forged to be exactly the same, so checking the address is far more reliable than looking at the name.
Don’t laugh—I learned this the hard way too.
$DOGE 0.06806（-1.31%）
