How to Launch a Meme Coin on Solana

1. Prepare your launch

• Connect a supported Solana wallet that you control.
• Prepare the token name, ticker, image and description.
• Add optional links only if they belong to the project.
• Decide whether Creator Rewards will stay with the creator or be split with Fee Sharing.
• Decide whether you want an optional Initial Buy.
• Keep enough SOL for Solana network/account costs and any Initial Buy amount.

2. Know what NEXT creates

• Classic SPL token with 1,000,000,000 total supply and 6 decimals.
• A mint address ending in LMEME.
• Mint Authority revoked in the completed NEXT state.
• Freeze Authority revoked in the completed NEXT state.
• Finished Fair Launch token/metadata policy is immutable.
• LaunchMemes creation fee: 0 SOL. Solana network/account costs are separate.

3. Review the supply lock

85% of the total supply — 850,000,000 tokens — is configured to remain locked for 10 years.

This is a supply lock, not a liquidity lock. It uses a one-time unlock schedule after the configured duration, so it should not be described as permanent.

4. Optional Initial Buy

Initial Buy is optional. It is a SOL-to-token purchase quoted by the server as part of the launch flow; it is not a LaunchMemes creation fee.

• Default slippage: 2%.
• Minimum configurable slippage: 1%.
• Maximum configurable slippage: 10%.
• No trading referral is added to the NEXT Initial Buy.
• Partial fills are refused rather than silently accepting a materially different result.

5. Sign and submit

LaunchMemes prepares the launch transaction, your wallet signs what you approve, the transaction is validated, and the secure LMEME mint signer adds only the expected mint signature. Submission is an explicit step after signing.

If submission status is uncertain, the safe flow reconciles the same transaction/signature instead of automatically asking you to sign a different replacement transaction.

6. Trading begins on Meteora DBC

The launch starts around ~725 SOL market cap. Trading occurs on Meteora Dynamic Bonding Curve until the configured on-chain quote threshold is reached. The current NEXT threshold is 100 SOL.

LaunchMemes reads the graduation threshold from the on-chain PoolConfig, so the on-chain configuration remains the runtime source of truth.

7. Before graduation: where the 2% trading fee goes

• Creator Rewards: 1.20%.
• LaunchMemes: 0.40%.
• Meteora: 0.40%.
• Total: 2.00%.

8. Graduation to DAMM v2

When the on-chain graduation condition is met, the launch migrates from Meteora DBC to Meteora DAMM v2. The creator does not need to manually create a second post-graduation pool.

• Post-graduation total trading fee: 2.00%.
• 0.50% compounds/reinvests into liquidity.
• 1.20% remains Creator Rewards.
• 0.30% goes to LaunchMemes.

9. What happens to migrated liquidity

• Creator claimable LP: 0%.
• LaunchMemes claimable LP: 0%.
• Creator-side permanently locked LP: 80%.
• LaunchMemes-side permanently locked LP: 20%.
• Total migrated LP permanently locked: 100%.

10. After launch

Publish the exact mint address, monitor the token page and use Claim fees when eligible Creator Rewards have accrued. If Fee Sharing was configured, each eligible wallet claims its own share.

A standardized launch can reduce some technical ambiguity, but it does not guarantee demand, price performance, trading volume or safety. Meme coins remain highly speculative.

Frequently asked questions

Keep reading

• Fair Launch NEXT Explained
• Creator Rewards and Fee Sharing
• Supply Lock vs Permanent Liquidity Lock