For token creators
Fees and payment
What a launch costs, how to pay with PBTC or USDC, and how burning a small amount of COAL gets you 25% off.
Launch fees are fixed in USD and the same for Quick and Advanced Launch. You pay once, at launch. There are no recurring platform fees.
Fee table
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Core launch (token, presale, liquidity, LP lock) | $25 |
| Creator allocation (optional) | +$10 |
| Staking pool for holders (optional) | +$10 |
| Team Finance premium LP lock (optional) | +$140 |
A launch with every add-on except Team Finance costs $45. Direct liquidity launches also need the liquidity itself, which stays yours and goes into the pool.
Paying with PBTC
The default. The wizard shows the fee in PBTC at the current price. You approve it with a signature and confirm the launch, and the PBTC is taken as part of the launch itself. The wizard asks for a little more than the quote (5%) in case the price moves while you confirm, but only the actual fee is charged.
Paying with USDC
Available for every launch type except direct liquidity. You pay the same USD amount in USDC; it is swapped into PBTC for you as part of the launch, with nothing extra to do.
Note
The COAL discount is not available when paying with USDC. If you switch to USDC in the wizard the discount is turned off and the summary shows the full fee.
The COAL discount
Burn $5 worth of COAL at launch and the core fee and both add-ons drop by 25% (the $25 core fee becomes $18.75). The Team Finance lock drops by 10%. The COAL is burned for good, so it is a cost rather than a deposit, but on a full launch you save several times what you burn.
To use it: pay with PBTC, switch Use COAL Discount on in the payment section, and hold at least the amount of COAL shown (the wizard converts $5 to COAL at the current price plus a 5% buffer). You approve the COAL with one extra signature. Nothing else changes.
No COAL? The payment section offers to buy some.
Team Finance lock
Every launch includes the Token Forge LP lock for free. The premium option locks the LP position with Team Finance instead, for projects whose community already knows and trusts that lock. The $140 covers Team Finance's own fee, which the factory pays on your behalf. You can also add it after launch.
Where the fees go
Launch fees go to the protocol treasury in PBTC. Presale proceeds are not fees. They become the token's liquidity.