the friendly guide

urufu labs is a launchpad. u come here to make ur own token, hit launch, and immediately have a place where people can trade it.

most launchpads only let u launch one shape of token. urufu is different. u pick a base (a plain coin, a picture-based collectible, or a mixed-item collection), then u drag features into a cart: things like anti-bot protection, staking, royalties, voting rights. every combo is a real, audited contract. one click, one transaction, done ✿

1. connect ur wallet.top-right corner. u'll need a little ETH for the launch fee and gas.
2. go to the shop. that's the ✿ shop link in the header. it's where u build ur token.
3. pick a base. three options:
   • coin — a fungible token like $DOGE. good for memes + utility.
   • collectible — 1-of-1 or 1-of-many pictures. like NFTs.
   • mixed items — a collection where each id has a supply. like an in-game shop.
4. drag features into ur cart. stuff like anti-bot cooldowns, staking rewards, royalties, deflation, voting. each one is optional. mouse over any of them to see what they do.
5. hit launch.approve the transaction, pay the fee, and ur token is live on the chain u're on. u get an address u can share.

when u launch a token, it starts on something called a bonding curve. that's a math formula that sets the price based on how much ETH is in the pool. the more people buy, the higher the price. the more people sell, the lower it goes.

this means u can always trade. u don't need a market maker. u don't need liquidity providers. u don't need someone else to sell to. the curve is the market.

every trade goes through the curve, and a small fee (usually 1%) goes back to the flywheel (see below).

once ur token's pool hits a target amount of ETH (usually a few ETH), it graduates. this is a big moment.

• the ETH + tokens move onto Uniswap v4, a real, permanent liquidity pool.
• the liquidity is locked forever.the person who launched can't pull it. we can't pull it. no one can. this is called a rug pulland graduated urufu tokens can't be rugged.
• trading keeps going, but now on Uniswap instead of the bonding curve. it feels the same to u — same trade page, same interface — but under the hood it's a bigger market with more liquidity.
• the creator starts earning a small % of every trade on their token. this is set at launch time and can never be changed. incentive-aligned ✿

there are two kinds of fees u'll see:

• launch fee— u pay this once when u launch a token. it's small (fractions of an ETH) and gets discounts if u hold URU or an urufu gemu nft (details below).
• trade fee — every buy or sell on the curve takes a tiny slice (usually 1%). u never pay this directly — it just comes out of the trade before u see the output.

the trade fee goes into the flywheel: 40% buys back URU (which is then paid to urufu gemu nft holders), 35% goes directly to urufu gemu nft holders as ETH, and 25% keeps the lights on (servers, audits, us being able to build the next thing).

real answer: the code is safe. the tokens ppl launch are not always safe. those are two different things.

• the contracts are audited. every feature u can pick, and every combo u can build with them, has been audited before it ships to the shelf.
• the liquidity locks itself. once a token graduates, the LP position is math-locked. we could not remove it even if we wanted to.
• u are still responsible for what u buy. anyone can launch a token here. some tokens are good ideas. some are jokes. some are scams. do ur own research (dyor) on any token before u buy it ~~

✿ token

a digital thing on the chain that u can own, send, trade. like a coin, but it can also be a picture or a game item.

✿ wallet

the app u use to hold tokens + sign transactions. like a browser extension (metamask, rabby) or a phone app.

✿ ETH

the native currency of ethereum. gas + trading pairs are usually priced in ETH.

✿ gas

a small fee u pay the chain to do anything. varies by network — Base + Sepolia are cheap, mainnet can be expensive.

✿ bonding curve

a self-running market. price goes up as ppl buy, down as ppl sell. no market maker needed.

✿ graduation

when a token's pool hits its ETH target and moves onto Uniswap v4 with locked liquidity.

✿ market cap

price per token × total supply. a rough sense of how much the whole token is worth right now.

✿ LP / liquidity

the ETH + tokens sitting in a pool that lets u trade. more LP → smoother trades + less slippage.

✿ LP lock

when the LP is provably stuck. no one can withdraw it — not the creator, not us. protects u from rug pulls.

✿ rug pull

when someone removes the LP + runs off with the ETH, leaving u with worthless tokens. cannot happen to a graduated urufu token.

✿ slippage

the difference between the price u see and the price u actually get, because the market moved between u clicking and the tx confirming. tolerate more slippage for volatile tokens.

✿ URU

our ecosystem token. holding URU gets u launch-fee discounts + a slice of trade fees via the flywheel.

✿ urufu gemu nft

our collectible nft. holders earn ETH directly from every trade on urufu labs + get launch-fee discounts.

✿ hook

a small piece of code that runs on every uniswap trade after graduation. the hooks urufu ships route fees back to holders (the flywheel).