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Fees & Economics

Spawn's economics are built around a simple idea: value created by community participation should strengthen the market and reward holders, not route primarily to extractive intermediaries.

Fee Reference​

ActionPhaseFee
Spawning a tokenAnyNone
Trade (buy / sell)Bonding curve1% platform fee
Deposit USDCAnyOrigin-chain gas only (paid to that chain's network, not to Spawn)
Withdraw USDCAnyBase gas only (paid to Base, not to Spawn)
Trade (buy / sell)Post-graduation (on-chain)1% - paid out to holders as USDC dividends

Spawn applies a 1% fee on trades during the bonding curve phase and a 1% fee on post-graduation trades. Both are gasless. Post-graduation fees are paid back to holders as USDC dividends.

How Value Flows Through the Lifecycle​

  1. Bonding curve. Trading is gasless. A 1% platform fee applies to each trade. The remaining USDC is held in the vault, earmarked for the on-chain liquidity pool deployed at graduation.

  2. Graduation. At the $100K FDV threshold, the USDC collected on the curve and the 40% token reserve deploy into an on-chain liquidity pool. The market opens with real depth from day one.

  3. Post-graduation. Trades on the on-chain market carry a 1% fee that accrues in USDC and is paid out to token holders as dividends in proportion to their holdings.

tip

USDC dividends are claimable at any time after graduation. No deadline, no expiry.

The Design Goals​

GoalHow the Model Addresses It
Align spawner incentives with communityOptional first buy capped at 3% - same terms as everyone else
Reward holders for sustained convictionPost-graduation 1% fee accrues in USDC, paid out as dividends
Reduce extraction-first behaviourMEV and bundling absent - fees reflect genuine trading
Make on-chain permanence meaningful$100K FDV graduation threshold ties deployment to demonstrated demand