Pons Founder: Token Tax Rates Are Immutable After Launch on the Platform; Display Anomaly Caused by Terminal Routing Issue

BlockBeats News, September 9 — Ozzy, founder and lead developer of Pons, responded to recent controversy over "post-launch token tax rate modifications on the platform," stating that he does not support changing tax rates after token launch, and that current market claims that "Pons can adjust tax rates post-launch" are incorrect. Pons noted that some terminals misroute buy and sell orders to high-tax liquidity pools during trading, despite the Uniswap V4 pool initialized by Pons being not only liquid but also a 0% tax rate pool with a 1% Hook fee, which is clearly disclosed across all transactions.

He further explained that when malicious actors attempt to "vamp" (drain or attack liquidity) related liquidity pools, some trading terminals may display higher transaction tax rates as a result. Due to router configuration issues across different terminals and the varying liquidity pools ultimately selected, the tax rates users see may fluctuate. Pons stated this does not mean Pons modified tax rates post-launch, but rather that some terminals misroute trades to other high-tax pools, causing users to bear higher fees in practice.

Ozzy said he has requested relevant trading terminals to fix this issue, as incorrect displays and misrouting not only increase user trading costs but also risk triggering unnecessary market panic. Pons emphasized that its Hook pool fee is currently 1%; if users see a tax rate higher than 1%, unless the token deployer set a higher rate at launch, it most likely indicates the trade was routed to the wrong liquidity pool. Therefore, a tax rate above 1% during trading does not prove that Pons modified tax rates post-launch.