How it works
Flint is a fair-launch launchpad. There is no presale, no allocation set aside for a team, and no liquidity for anyone to pull — because until a coin graduates there is no pool to pull it from.
1 · Launch
Name it, describe it, and it exists. A 0.02 SOL fee covers creating the mint. Supply is fixed at 1B tokens and cannot be changed afterwards.
2 · Trade on the curve
Buys and sells price against a bonding curve, not an order book. Everyone trades at the same formula, and the 1.0% fee is the only cut anyone takes.
3 · Graduate
When the curve has sold its last token — around 85 SOL of buying — the collected SOL and the remaining supply are deposited into a Raydium pool, and the curve retires.
Why it is fair
The creator buys on the same curve at the same price as everyone else, in a trade recorded like any other. There is no discount and no reserved allocation to hold over anyone's head.
The bonding curve
A new coin has no buyers and no liquidity, so there is nothing to price it against. The curve solves that by quoting a price from a formula instead of from a market:
virtual SOL × virtual tokens = k
The same invariant an AMM uses, with the reserves virtual — so the curve can quote a sane opening price without anyone having to fund it.
Buying moves SOL into the curve and takes tokens out, which lifts the price for the next buyer. Selling does the reverse. Because the reserves start at 30 SOL and 1.07B tokens, a coin opens at roughly 2.8e-8 SOL per token.
The price rises about 15× between launch and graduation. That is the whole reward for being early — and the whole risk of being late.
Fees
Creation
0.02 SOL
Charged once, at launch.
Trading
1.0%
On each buy and each sell, taken on the SOL side.
Graduation
0 SOL
Everything the curve collected goes into the pool.
What this does not protect you from
- A fair launch is not a promise that a coin is worth anything. Most are not.
- Anyone can hold a large share simply by buying it first, and can sell it whenever they like. The top-holders panel on every coin page exists so you can see that before you buy, not after.
- Names and tickers are not verified. Check the mint address, not the logo.