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# Launch a Coin
**Where:** Launch tab → **New Launch** (the + button). You need a wallet that can sign, at least **5 MON** for the launch fee plus gas, and a little more if you add a developer buy.
## The form
### Image
Tap **Choose Image** and pick an image from your photos (square looks best). It's resized (max 640 px) and uploaded, and the link is written on-chain as the coin's logo. Uploading needs your DyorHQ Social connection, which happens automatically the first time (one signature, no fee).
### Your Coin (preview)
Once the form is valid, a live card shows your name, $TICKER, a **New** badge and "Pairs with \".
### Coin
* **Name**: at least 2 characters.
* **Ticker**: 2–10 letters or digits, uppercase.
* **Description**: optional.
### Links
**Website**, **X profile**, **Telegram** (all optional). They're stored on-chain and shown in the coin's About section.
### Pairing
* **Paired with**: MON, USDC, AUSD or aBIL. Only pairs approved on the factory are listed.
* **Graduates on**: **Uniswap v4** (default) or **Monday Trade**. aBIL coins graduate on Monday Trade only, so the picker locks for that pair.
* The footer tells you the live terms: *"Graduates to a locked \ pool once the curve raises \ \. Launch fee 5 MON."* For aBIL it adds that the coin graduates on Monday Trade and, if it stays stuck for a day, can move to a locked Uniswap v4 pool.
### Developer Buy (Optional)
Buy your own coin in the same transaction as the launch. The developer buy is **exempt from the early-buy tax**. Enter an amount in the pair asset; for an ERC-20 pair the confirmation adds an "Approve developer buy" step.
### Advanced
* **Creator tax**: 0% to the maximum (10%) in 0.25% steps. Charged on curve trades and, for a Uniswap v4 graduation, on pool swaps afterwards; paid to you, or to holders if fee sharing is on. After a Monday Trade graduation the pool's 1% fee goes to DyorHQ, with no creator tax or fee share in it; the footer spells this out for the venue you picked.
* **Share fees with holders**: on by default. When on, your share of curve fees, the creator tax and (after a Uniswap v4 graduation) pool fees are split pro-rata among holders instead of going to you.
The creator's fee recipient is the launching wallet.
If the launchpad can't take a launch from your wallet right now, a notice at the top of the form says why (for example *"New launches are paused right now."*) and **Review** stays off, so nothing is signed.
## Review and launch
Tap **Review**. The confirmation sheet, titled **Launch TICKER**, lists:
| Row | |
| ---------------- | --------------------------- |
| Coin | name ($TICKER) |
| Paired with | pair asset |
| Graduation | threshold in the pair asset |
| Graduation venue | Uniswap v4 or Monday Trade |
| Creator tax | your setting |
| Fee sharing | On / Off |
| Launch fee | 5 MON |
| Developer buy | amount, if set |
Tap **Launch TICKER**. The launch fee is paid in MON on top of any developer buy. Right before sending, the app reads the factory's current terms and embeds their hash in the transaction; if DyorHQ changed anything between your review and the transaction landing, it reverts rather than launching on different terms.
When it confirms, tap **View** to open your coin's page. "Launched $TICKER" appears in Recent Activity and in **My Launchpad → Activity**, and the coin is listed under **My Launchpad → Launches**.
## Tips for creators
* **Fee sharing is the community option.** It's on by default. Turn it off only if you want fees paid to your wallet, and say so in the description.
* **Only your launching wallet (including its developer buy) is exempt from the early-buy tax.** Everyone else pays up to 98% in second 0: the early-buy tax is 98% minus the creator tax, because the curve fee, creator tax and early-buy tax together never exceed 99% of a buy.
* **Square images look best**, as the form says.
* **Nothing about the coin can be edited after launch**: name, ticker, image, links, pair, creator tax and fee mode are all permanent. The graduation venue changes only if a Monday Trade graduation gets stuck and the coin graduates into a locked Uniswap v4 pool instead, and the fee recipient can be handed to another address (see [Creator Fees & Holder Rewards](/docs/launchpad/fees-and-rewards.md)).
{% hint style="warning" %}
Coins you launch are tradeable by anyone, on a public chain, immediately. You can't pause, delist or recall them.
{% endhint %}
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