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Loading page content, please wait.Plain-English definitions of the terms you need to launch, trade, and buy memecoins safely. 20 terms and counting.
A cryptocurrency inspired by an internet meme, joke, or cultural moment, where community and virality drive value more than utility.
A Solana launchpad that lets anyone create a tradable memecoin in seconds using a bonding-curve model with no upfront liquidity.
A timeline of a project’s planned milestones — used to set expectations and give the community goals to rally around.
The economic design of a token: total supply, distribution, taxes, vesting, and the incentives that shape holder behavior.
A document outlining a token’s concept, tokenomics, and roadmap — lighter and more narrative-driven for memecoins.
A mathematical formula that sets a token’s price automatically based on its circulating supply — price rises as more tokens are bought.
A custodial exchange like Binance or Coinbase where a company matches orders and holds user funds.
A peer-to-peer exchange where token swaps execute via smart contracts and liquidity pools instead of a central order book.
The moment a launchpad token fills its bonding curve and migrates to a decentralized exchange with permanent liquidity.
A smart-contract reserve of two paired tokens that lets people trade against it on a decentralized exchange.
The total value of a token’s circulating supply: price multiplied by the number of tokens in circulation.
The difference between a trade’s expected price and the price it actually executes at, driven by liquidity depth and volatility.
A malicious token contract that lets people buy but secretly blocks them from selling, trapping their funds.
The on-chain permission that allows new tokens to be created — a major rug risk if it is not revoked after launch.
A scam where a token’s creators drain liquidity or dump their holdings, collapsing the price to near zero.
Using bots to buy a token in the first block(s) after launch to secure the lowest price before humans can react.