Launching a token

What happens when you launch, and the listing price options.

How to launch

  1. Open Create

    Pick Arc (USDC) or Robinhood Chain (ETH).
  2. Name your token

    Enter a name and a ticker. Both are written on-chain and cannot be changed.
  3. Add a logo and links

    Logo, description, website, X, Telegram, and Discord are stored off-chain and shown by wallets and aggregators.
  4. Choose a first buy (optional)

    Buy your own token in the same transaction, before anyone else can trade.
  5. Launch

    One transaction deploys the token, opens its pool, and makes it tradable.

What happens on-chain

  1. The factory deploys a standard token with a fixed supply of 1,000,000,000 and 6 decimals. It has no owner, no mint, and no tax.
  2. The whole supply goes into a new Uniswap v4 pool paired with USDC or ETH. The pool starts one-sided, so the price only rises as people buy.
  3. The pool position is sent to the burn address 0x…dEaD. The liquidity is locked permanently and stays in the pool.
  4. The factory records you as the creator, so 25% of every trade fee on the token is credited to you.
  5. If you chose a first buy, it runs last, at the opening price, with the normal fee.

Opening price

ArcLaunch config 2
≈ 4,153 USDC market cap
Robinhood ChainLaunch config 6, priced at 2,500 USD per ETH
≈ 1.66 ETH market cap

Costs

Launching is free apart from network gas. If you add a first buy, the normal 1.25% trade fee applies to it. When the first-buy field is empty, the launch includes a tiny seed buy (0.00001 USDC or ETH) so that wallets and aggregators see the pool with a price from the first block.

After launch

The name, ticker, and supply are permanent. Your creator earnings collect in Earn and can be claimed at any time; see Rewards and claims.