FAQ

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The basics

What is Golempad?

A launchpad on Robinhood Chain. You name a token, optionally attach an image, and choose how much GOLEM to put in as liquidity. GolemFactory deploys the token, opens a Uniswap V2 pool quoted in that GOLEM, and locks the LP. Later buys and sells take 1.5%.

What does “pair” actually mean here?

The Uniswap V2 pair: your token against GOLEM (or whatever ERC-20 was passed as quoteToken). The image is metadata on the token. It is not the quote asset and not a hashed identity.

What does it cost?

You pay chain gas to launch. There is no extra fee on launch() itself. Buys and sells of the launched token take 1.5% of the amount: 1% to the launcher, 0.5% to the project. Uniswap V2 still takes its usual 0.3%, which stays in the locked LP.

Do I need to be approved or listed?

No. There is no allowlist, no review, no application. If you hold enough quote token and approve the factory, launch() works.

What you are actually buying

Does a launched token mean I own the image?

No. The picture is frozen metadata. It is not ownership of the image, not a licence, not a copyright interest, not equity, and not a claim on anyone. Whoever made the picture is not involved, has not agreed to anything, and receives nothing.

So what is a launched token, then?

An ERC-20 with a fixed 1,000,000,000 supply, no owner, no premine and no mint function, whose entire supply was placed into a locked Uniswap V2 pool at launch. Its name and picture are what somebody typed when they made it. Its value is whatever people trade it for, and nothing backs it.

Can the name or picture be changed later?

No. Name, ticker and metadataURI are set at deployment and frozen. If the image URL later breaks, that is permanent too.

Ownership and risk

Can anyone withdraw the liquidity?

No — not you, not us, not the deployer. GolemLocker owns the LP tokens and exposes no withdraw path at all. Fees are taken as a token tax on buys and sells, not by sending LP out. Say the uncomfortable half out loud too: because the lock is permanent, any bug in that contract is permanent as well. The contracts have not been through an external audit.

Who gets the trading fees?

1% of buy/sell volume on the launched token goes to the wallet that called launch. 0.5% goes to the project wallet set on the factory at deploy. Tax accrues on the token and is paid in the same transfer if 10 seconds have passed, or when anyone calls sweep() after that window. Uniswap V2’s 0.3% remains in the pool for the locked LP.

Can Golempad rug me, block me or take my coin?

There is no admin key on the launched token or the locker. The factory has no owner. The project address is immutable from factory deploy. Nothing on the site can pause, seize, blocklist or upgrade a launched token. The locker never sends LP to anyone.

Is a launched coin safe?

No coin is safe. Anyone can launch anything, name it anything, and then trade against the pool. Golempad does not vet coins, cannot remove them, and takes no view on any of them. Check who holds the supply before you buy something.

Practical

What if someone uses the same image as me?

They still get a new token. Image bytes are not an on-chain id. Each launch() deploys a fresh GolemToken. Two coins can share a picture and still be different markets.

How much GOLEM do I need?

Whatever quoteAmount you pass to launch, and you must hold it and approve the factory. If the balance or allowance is short, the call reverts. That amount, plus the full token supply, is the starting pool.

Is there a built-in dev buy?

No. If you want a position in your own coin, buy it from the pool like everyone else. Those buys are taxed like any other.

Will my coin show up on charting sites?

The pool is Uniswap V2 quoted in GOLEM, not WETH. Terminals that index that pair may show it. There is no separate WETH rail.

Which chain is this?

Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum Orbit L2, chain id 4663. Pools are real Uniswap V2 pools from the canonical factory on that chain.

Still unclear about something?

The contracts are the real answer to most of these — every claim on this page is something you can check yourself on-chain.