Spawning a Token
Spawning a token is how a new market begins on Spawn. It's the act of initiating a token concept, setting its parameters, and opening it to community participation through the bonding curve phase.
What You're Actually Doing
When you spawn a token, you're not just naming an asset - you're opening a question to the market: is there real conviction here? The bonding curve phase that follows is the market's answer.
This is different from how most launchpads work. On Spawn, there's no pre-mine, no insider allocation, and no team supply set aside before anyone else sees the token. What you set up at spawn is the starting point for an open, fair market.
Setting Up Your Token
- 1
Log in
Before you can spawn a token, you should be logged in to Spawn and ready to create the market from your account.
- 2
Fill in the token details
To spawn a token you'll define:
- Name and ticker - the token's identity
- Description - what this token is about, what community it's for, what conviction it represents
- Image - the visual identity
- Social links (optional) - Telegram, X, and Reddit links to direct the community to where the conversation is happening
Clarity matters here more than hype. A description that tells a real story about what the token represents will build more durable community than one that oversells.
- 3
Spawn token
Once the setup is complete, you can spawn the token and open it to community participation through the bonding curve phase.
The Spawner's First Buy
When you spawn a token, you have the option to make the first buy - up to 3% of total supply. This isn't mandatory, and it isn't a special allocation. It's an opportunity to put skin in the game at the same price and on the same terms as everyone who comes after you.
Taking the first buy is a conviction signal. It tells the community that the person starting this token believes in it enough to participate from the first moment - not just to launch it and step back. Skipping it is equally valid; the market will form either way. But a spawner who buys alongside their community starts with a meaningful alignment that carries weight.
See Community-Owned for why the cap exists.
What Happens Next
Once a token is spawned, it enters the bonding curve phase - immediately open for trading, with no on-chain deployment yet. Price discovery begins in real time. The community starts forming. Conviction is tested.
The strongest token launches on Spawn aren't the ones with the loudest launch - they're the ones with the clearest community proposition and the most durable conviction behind them.