The first hour after a token launch: a Telegram lockdown checklist
The first hour after a launch is when a Telegram group is most exposed: new members flood in, nobody knows who the real admins are yet, and scammers know it. This is the checklist I'd run, in order. 30 minutes
The first hour after a launch is when a Telegram group is most exposed: new members flood in, nobody knows who the real admins are yet, and scammers know it.
This is the checklist I'd run, in order.
30 minutes before launch
- Pin one message with the real contract address and nothing else.
- Write the description: "Admins never DM first. The only CA is the pinned one."
- Remove every admin right you don't need. Only the owner can add admins.
- Set a captcha for new joiners.
- Block links and media from new members for at least the first hours.
At launch
- Post the CA once, from the owner account, and pin it.
- Turn on slow mode for 10 to 30 seconds. It kills spam floods without killing the chat.
- Have one person whose only job is watching joins for names that copy admins.
When a raid starts
- Raise slow mode.
- Restrict new members from posting.
- Pin: "Spam raid in progress. Don't click links. Admins never DM."
- Ban the raid accounts, then lower restrictions again.
After the first day
- Review deleted messages so no real holder was silenced.
- Revoke old invite links.
- Keep the new-member link lock on; scammers come back on day two and three.
Automating it
Most of this can be automated. I built BlockGuard, a self-hosted bot that deletes any CA except yours, flags lookalike admin names (including Cyrillic/Greek letter swaps), locks links for new members, slows raids, and gives the owner one-tap Restore and Ban buttons. You can try to break it in the public demo group: https://t.me/blockguard_demo
Questions about a specific setup: @Blockbuildlab1 on X.
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