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Guides on locks, liquidity and trust — Robinhood Chain

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How HoodLock itself works: guides, contract reference, REST API, embed widget and 63 answered questions.

How to lock liquidity on Robinhood Chain

Step-by-step: lock LP or any token in under a minute, with a shareable on-chain proof.

What is a liquidity lock?

What locked liquidity means, what an LP locked badge does and does not prove, and how to verify one.

How to burn tokens on Robinhood Chain

Permanent burns with public proof-of-burn pages showing the share of supply destroyed.

Token locks vs vesting vs burning

Three tools, three different trust problems — a practical guide to choosing right.

How to check if liquidity is locked before you buy

A five-minute on-chain check that beats any screenshot, plus the four things that should stop you.

How to airdrop tokens on Robinhood Chain

One transaction and no platform fee, whether the list has ten wallets or a hundred thousand.

What is a merkle airdrop?

One hash instead of a recipient list: how merkle roots and proofs work, and what they do and do not guarantee.

Rug pull red flags: a checklist you can run in 10 minutes

Seven checkable warning signs, in the order worth checking, and how to verify each one yourself.

How to set up token vesting

Creating a linear schedule for team and investor allocations, and what can't be undone afterwards.

What is a vesting cliff?

How cliffs work in numbers, why twelve months became standard, and what a missing cliff signals.

How long should you lock liquidity?

Duration benchmarks by project stage, and why extending a lock beats starting long.

How to check if liquidity is burned

Burned and locked are different commitments — how to tell them apart, and why a burn isn't automatically stronger.

How to read token holder distribution

Which addresses to exclude, what concentration actually means, and the tricks that make a holder list look healthier.

What is a honeypot token?

A token you can buy but not sell — the contract mechanisms behind it, and why locked liquidity doesn't protect you.

How to read a token contract on Blockscout

What verified source means, which functions to check, and how to confirm a lock without trusting anyone.

What happens when a token lock expires?

Nothing automatic. What actually occurs at the unlock date, and how teams handle it without spooking holders.

Token launch checklist for Robinhood Chain

Everything to have in place before and after launch, and the four links holders will ask you for.

Team token allocation benchmarks

Typical splits for team, investors, community and liquidity, plus the vesting terms that go with each.

How to prove your project won't rug

The verifiable commitments that replace trust claims, and the order to make them in.

Locking treasury and ecosystem funds

Usually the largest unlocked balance a project has. How to structure it without giving up the ability to spend.

How to choose a token locker

Seven contract properties that decide whether a lock protects anyone — all checkable before you commit.

What are LP tokens?

The receipt for liquidity you put into a pool, and why locking them matters more than locking the project token.

Burning vs locking liquidity

What each protects against, what each costs you, and which suits a project at a given stage.

Circulating vs total supply

Why market cap depends on which number you use, and how locked and vesting tokens should count.

Custodial vs non-custodial locking

Some services hold your tokens; some put them where nobody can reach. How to tell which you're using.

What is a token unlock schedule?

The calendar of when locked tokens re-enter the market, how to read one, and why cliff dates get watched.

Launchpad guides

Every launchpad on Robinhood Chain handles liquidity and creator supply differently, and the difference decides what is actually worth locking. One page per platform, with each one's own published mechanics.