DLMM Launch Pool Overview
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DLMM Launch Pool is a pool type designed for new token launches. It comes fundamentally equipped with a feature set that makes it optimal for bootstrapping liquidity for new tokens and making the tokens accessible on Jupiter and other trading integrations.
The Launch Pool has some differences from a standard DLMM Pool (e.g. those created via the Meteora UI). Its setup builds upon the standard DLMM pool tech and features to provide the following benefits:
Customisable DLMM pool to suit different project needs; design your liquidity distribution curve and other parameters using the
Ability to set your activation point (token launch timing)
Single-sided bootstrapping of liquidity using project tokens, without the need for initial USDC or SOL capital
Token immediately tradable on Jupiter (Swap, DCA, LO) and all Jupiter integrations at launch, including Phantom, Solflare, and Birdeye, and popular trading bots
Concentrated liquidity with zero-slippage bins and Dynamic Fees (average 6-7% for launch pools)
The Launch Pool is targeted at new projects and token creators on Solana looking for a customizable liquidity pool setup to bootstrap liquidity for their new token and help ensure widespread token accessibility and distribution.
The aim is for projects to bootstrap liquidity on their terms, with the flexibility to set their preferred price curve, liquidity distribution, and launch parameters exactly the way they want. This is also the same underlying technology used by Jupiter LFG Launchpad.
Anyone can use our docs to create their own permissionless Launch Pool to be used for their token launch.
Use the ILM (Intuitive Liquidity Modelling) tool to design the liquidity distribution for your pool and decide on your final parameters.
Curvature: Determines how liquidity is distributed across the price range
Initial Price: Initial price for the token at the start of the launch
Maximum Price: Maximum price for the token during the launch
Percentage of Total Supply in the pool
Total Supply of the Token (in Millions)
Bin Step: Determines the granularity of the price by changing the number of price bins available. Each bin represents a single price point, and the difference between 2 consecutive bins is the bin step. Bin steps are calculated based on basis points.
Base Fee: The minimum fee charged per swap in the pool.
Important notes:
Currently, only SOL or USDC is accepted as the quote token when initializing a DLMM Launch Pool with Alpha Vault in a permissionless setup. Since the Alpha Vault can't tell what the quote token would be, the quote token is limited to SOL or USDC. However, any quote token can be used if you use a config key that doesn't have Alpha Vault.
If you plan to use a multisig on the Meteora website, please make sure it is the SquadsX multisig, as that is the only type supported on Meteora website. Otherwise, you can't manage liquidity through the website.
When using the endpoint instruction initializeCustomizablePermissionlessLbPair the purpose is for creating a launch pool for the token for the first time, so only one DLMM pool is meant to be created for that token pair. If you are using that instruction to create a new DLMM pool with the same base and quote tokens, but with different parameters, the transaction will fail. Pool creator must have at least 1 lamport worth of the base token in the wallet to prove ownership.
Yes. But currently, locking liquidity is only possible for a new token launch on a Launch Pool (where positions are created before the pool activates).
At the moment, tokens that have already launched on existing markets won't be able to lock liquidity in a standard DLMM Pool.
Fees can still be claimed while liquidity is locked.
No constraint on the quote token for a DLMM Launch Pool.
However, if the DLMM Launch Pool is being launched with an Alpha Vault, SOL or USDC must be used as the quote token.
The base token cannot be SOL or USDC for both the DLMM Launch Pool and the standard DLMM Pool.
Currently, only Meteora can disable the pool from trading.
To check that the pool is disabled, go to: https://explorer.solana.com/address/<pool address>/anchor-account
Check for Status = 1
Not at the moment.
We are working on enabling this at a later stage but this feature isn't live yet.
IF we were were to enable this, the general process would look like this:
The creator of a DLMM Launch Pool would be able to choose between 3 options when it comes to which token is charged and earned as swap fees (that go to the fee owner):
Token A
Token B
Token A or B depending on the swap
When fee is charged in:
Token A | Swap A to B => A fee, Swap B to A => A fee
Token B | Swap A to B => B fee, Swap B to A => B fee
Token A or B depending on the swap | Swap A to B => A fee, Swap B to A => B fee