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Alerts as they land
Loading live Single Buys alerts…
Screen: at least 50 holders, top-10 wallets holding at most 25 %. Charts open on GMGN.
What this desk watches
A Single Buys alert means a single followed wallet opened a position.
Altar Church reads on-chain buying as evidence, with limits. One wallet can split into ten; a fresh wallet can belong to the deployer. The checks below cover both cases.
As a rule, a buy is a fact. The reason behind it is a guess. Altar Church uses the Single Buys channel for the facts and keeps the guessing for later.
Quick test: Compare the buy size with pool liquidity; a buy that moves price far is also hard to exit. Check whether several buying wallets were funded from one source a few minutes earlier.
Measured outcomes
7 %5x in 24 h
52 %dead in 24 h
19 %2x in 24 h
1380tokens measured
1380 Single Buys alerts on Solana matured in the last 7 days. 19 % doubled inside 24 hours, 7 % went 5x, and 52 % were dead within the day, usually after about 6 h. For comparison, 24 % of all Solana alerts doubled. With 95 % confidence this lane did worse than the rest of Solana on the 2x measure, which is why the checks matter more here.
Source: Blackhat alert scoreboard, 7-day window of mature alerts (older than 24 h), updated 2026-09-24. Full scoreboard.
Where the alerts post
Pick one route. @empiresolsinglebuys is the direct source for Altar Church.
@empiresolsinglebuysEvery Single Buys alert on Solana posts here first.
@empiresolsmartmoneyWallets with a strong past record bought in: the Smart Money Buys channel.
Open SOLANA MainThe chain's main group, posting-restricted to Empire bots and admins.
Add Single Buys folderAdds a whole set of verified channels to Telegram in one tap.
@gmgnx_chatTalk to other members and the team.
How Altar Church filters
The rule behind this page. Altar Church keeps an alert only if it passes all of these:
- at least 50 holders
- top-10 wallets holding at most 25 %
Checked against the latest 46 alerts in the lane (about 1 hours): 3 passed. The passing group sat at a median $794.1K cap with $89.1K in the pool and roughly 1073 holders. Thin pools were common: 7 of 46 had less than 10 % of their cap in liquidity. Median concentration in the lane: 13 % of supply in the top ten wallets.
Values measured on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. The screen is a filter, not a recommendation.
Guides for this lane
If you follow @empiresolsinglebuys, these guides explain the checks behind it.
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How we read a contract
Altar Church runs these checks on each Single Buys alert.
- Check the first minutes for same-block buys from linked wallets.
- Confirm the token cannot be minted again or frozen in your wallet.
- Compare volume with liquidity and holder growth.
- Use an amount you can lose completely without stress.
- Search the contract in the Empire Telegram network to see other alerts on it.
Recent Single Buys prints
Recorded on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. Altar Church keeps a short log so the page shows real alerts even without scripts.
- At 05:48 UTC the feed caught familiars: cap $1.49M, liquidity $195.9K, 4,518 holders, top 10 holding 18 %.
- QUEEF printed at 05:40 UTC with a $794.1K market cap and $89.1K in the pool, 1,073 holders.
- AVAXCHAN printed at 05:26 UTC with a $256.1K market cap and $14.3K in the pool, 100 holders.
Recorded values, not live prices. Charts open on GMGN with the publisher's referral code.
Glossary
- Fresh wallet
- A wallet with little or no history before the buy.
- Market cap
- Price multiplied by circulating supply; on new tokens it can change several times in an hour.
- Bundle
- A group of wallets that buy in the same block at launch, often controlled by one party.
- KOL
- Key opinion leader: an influencer whose posts move attention.
Dated examples from the network
| Token | Chain | First alert cap | Tracked cap | Multiple | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RETAIL | Robinhood | $19K | $362K | 19x | 2026-09-02 |
| RSRV | Robinhood | $88K | $1600K | 18x | 2026-09-06 |
| FLORK | BSC | $70K | $5100K | 73x | 2026-09-01 |
| VAULT | Robinhood | $44K | $3400K | 77x | 2026-08-30 |
Historic examples only. Each multiple compares the reported market cap with the first alert. Many other alerts in the same period lost value.
Common questions
What is Altar Church?
It is one of the Empire's public desks. It watches Single Buys alerts on Solana, prints them live and explains how to check each one.
How do I get these alerts on my phone?
Open the Telegram link on this page for @empiresolsinglebuys. Alerts arrive there first.
What does 'dead' mean on the scoreboard?
Dead means -80 % from the alert market cap, a cap under $5K, or a drained pool.
Why do so many alerted tokens die?
Because most launches fail. The scoreboard counts it openly: 52 % of these alerts died within a day in the measured window.
