Locking tokens launched on MetaLaunch.
MetaLaunch does something most of the chain's launchpads don't: there is no bonding curve and no graduation event. It deploys a fixed-supply ERC-20 and places the entire supply into a brand-new Uniswap v3 pool at the 1% fee tier. The pool is the market from the first block. Creation costs a flat 0.0005 ETH plus gas.
No curve means no dev buy — at first
With all supply in the pool, a creator starts holding nothing. Anything you end up with, you bought from your own market at the going price like everyone else. That is an unusually clean starting position, and it is worth understanding what it does and doesn't settle.
It settles the launch. It doesn't settle what happens next: a creator who accumulates a meaningful position afterwards holds it in an ordinary wallet, and the holder list doesn't distinguish between supply that was reserved and supply that was bought.
What's worth locking here
Two things, usually. A position you accumulated and intend to hold long term — locking it says the intention is real. And a treasury, if the project builds one from fees or contributions; how to structure that without giving up the ability to spend.
The pool itself
A Uniswap v3 position is an NFT rather than an ERC-20 LP token, so it can't be locked with HoodLock. If liquidity locking matters to your holders, check what MetaLaunch does with the position at deployment rather than assuming either way.
Doing it
- Copy your token's contract address from its page on MetaLaunch.
- Open HoodLock with the wallet holding the tokens.
- Pick the token, the amount and a date. For vesting, add the beneficiary and an optional cliff.
- Approve, confirm, and share the proof link.
Flat 0.005 ETH either way, no percentage of the tokens, and a proof page that reads live from the chain and opens without a wallet.
Common questions
Does MetaLaunch use a bonding curve?
No. It deploys a fixed-supply ERC-20 and puts 100% of supply into a new Uniswap v3 pool at the 1% fee tier. There is no curve phase and no graduation event — the pool is the market from day one.
Do MetaLaunch creators get a token allocation?
No supply is reserved. Anything a creator holds was bought from the pool at market price, the same as any other buyer.
What should a MetaLaunch creator lock?
Usually a position accumulated after launch that you intend to hold, and any treasury the project builds. Both are ERC-20 balances and can be locked or vested with a public proof page.
Keep reading
- Locking treasury and ecosystem funds
- Circulating vs total supply, and what hides between
- Locking tokens launched on Openfair
- What LP tokens actually are
Lock it, share the proof
Flat 0.005 ETH, no percentage of your tokens, and a proof link anyone can open without a wallet.
Lock tokens →HoodLock is not affiliated with MetaLaunch or with Robinhood Markets, Inc. Platform mechanics described here come from MetaLaunch's own published material and change over time. Verify them at metalaunch.fun and on-chain before relying on them.