LaunchOS

LaunchOS is how tokens launch on Laika. Each token is created with its own DAO, veToken and staking pool, trades on a bonding curve, and moves to a BarkSwap pool when the curve sells out.

Launch types#

The launch form has three tabs.

• Non-curated launch. Anyone can launch at any time, and trading opens immediately.
• Cabal launch. The token goes to a curated vote, initially open to veLAIKA holders. Voting will soon extend to all veTOKENs across the Laika ecosystem. Winners open with a short window where only their voters can buy. Cabal launches are rolling out and may not be open to every creator yet.
• ICO launch. A fixed-price sale with caps. Coming soon.

What you set at launch#

• Name, ticker (up to 10 characters), description, image and an optional banner.
• Website, X and Telegram links.
• DAO allocation: 0 to 20% of the supply, reserved for the DAO treasury and minted to it when the token graduates.
• Creator fee: 0 to 5% of every trade (1% by default), split between you and the DAO in any ratio you choose.
• Quote token: raise in DOGE, or in an approved token such as LAIKA.
• Anti-sniper fee, for non-curated launches (see below).
• Launch buy: you can buy up to 50% of the curve in the launch transaction itself. Anything above what the curve can fill is refunded, and the anti-sniper fee does not apply to it.
• Launch date, for Cabal launches.

Creating a token costs a small fee (0.0001 DOGE today). The creator fee and its split are locked in when the token launches and cannot be changed later.

You can share your part of the creator fee with up to 10 recipients, each one a wallet, an X account or a GitHub account.

The bonding curve#

Every token has a fixed supply of 1,000,000,000, and 807.1M of it is sold on the curve. All launches use the same curve, and the price rises about 17.5x from the first buy to the last.

A DOGE launch graduates when the whole curve is sold, which raises 100,000 DOGE. A launch in another quote token has its own raise target for that token.

If you set a DAO allocation, curve buyers receive that share less of each purchase, and the DAO's tokens are minted when the token graduates.

Trading fees on the curve#

Different fee models will be tested to ensure effective value capture by $LAIKA and redistribution across the ecosystem.

The anti-sniper fee only exists on non-curated launches. It starts between 10% and 50% and falls to zero over 15 seconds to 5 minutes. The app turns it on by default at 50%, falling to zero over 60 seconds.

Graduation#

When the last curve token is sold, everything below happens in the same transaction.

• Liquidity moves to a new BarkSwap pool: the full raise plus the remaining tokens, priced so trading continues from the curve's last price.
• The liquidity position is locked forever. Nobody can remove it, Laika included, and its LP fees go to the DAO.
• The DAO allocation is minted to the DAO, and the DAO becomes active, so proposals can open.
• Pool trading fees switch on.

Nobody can add liquidity to the token's pool before graduation, so the pool cannot be set up at a wrong price.

After graduation#

The pool fee is the Laika fee plus the creator fee plus a 0.20% LP fee. The LP fee stays with liquidity providers. The rest is split between the Laika DAO, the creator and the project's DAO.

The DAO and the creator can each send part of their share to the token's veLAIKA voters as incentives (see StakeOS). The DAO can also change the pool fee by proposal.

The token's staking pool is open from launch. To receive weekly LAIKA emissions, the DAO applies for a veLAIKA gauge by proposal and Laika approves it.

Cabal launches#

Cabal is the curated path. Initially, veLAIKA holders choose the winners in a sealed vote, and the people who backed a winner get the first chance to buy it. Coming soon: Cabal voting will open to all veTOKENs across the Laika ecosystem.

1. Submit. The creator picks a session with a launch date at least 7 days away, up to 8 sessions ahead. Each creator can enter one token per session, and a session holds at most 100 tokens.
2. Commit, 7 days. veLAIKA holders seal a ballot of up to 10 tokens, giving each at least 5% of their voting power. A ballot can be replaced or canceled while commits are open. Only the total power committed is public.
3. Reveal, 24 hours. Voters reveal their ballots and the tally fills in as reveals arrive. Tick "Let Laika reveal for me" when you vote and the app reveals your ballot for you.
4. Results. Every token that gets at least 10% of the revealed votes wins, so a session can have several winners.
5. Voters-only window. It opens at least 10 minutes after the reveal ends and lasts 5 minutes. Only wallets that voted for the winner can buy. Together they can buy up to 50% of the raise target, shared by revealed vote weight, and whatever they leave opens to everyone afterwards. The creator cannot sell or transfer during the window.
6. Public trading. Trading opens to everyone. Tokens that did not win still launch, as non-curated tokens.

In the initial phase, voting power is your veLAIKA balance when the session starts. Power is linear, with no quadratic weighting. Other veTOKENs do not count yet; the upcoming expansion will open Cabal voting to all veTOKENs across the ecosystem. Voting weights for that expansion will be detailed separately.

ICO launches (coming soon)#

An ICO is a fixed-price sale with a soft cap and a hard cap, minimum and maximum buys per wallet, an optional whitelist window run by the creator, and shares of the raise set aside for the DAO and for liquidity. If a sale is oversubscribed, buyers get the excess back. Each phase lasts at least 15 minutes.

Notes#

• LaunchOS is non-custodial. Projects are responsible for their own disclosures and legal compliance.
• Launch settings are fixed once the token is created. Check them before you confirm.
• Always verify contract addresses and official links in the app.