What is the Artist Coin Launchpad?

What is the Artist Coin Launchpad?

Audius has been building behind the scenes toward something big. We envisioned a way for artists to go beyond traditional engagement to give fans real connection in their journey.

With the new Artist Coin launchpad feature, this vision takes its next major step forward and answers the question of how to create a coin and get it into people’s hands.

The Foundation

The launchpad focuses on making artist tokens real, functional, and discoverable. Here’s what that means in practice:

  • Artist Coin Launch: Verified artists with a connected wallet can launch their own token and customize the display name and ticker.
  • Trading: Fans can buy and sell Artist Coins through the Audius interface immediately after launch.

The launchpad introduces a public leaderboard where anyone can filter through tokens by trading volume, market cap, creation time, or which artists are trending. 

Transparent Economics

The mission behind the launchpad isn’t just about launching Artist Coins, but about creating a system that’s fair, transparent, and aligned with artist success. Every Artist Coin follows the same rules:

  • A total fixed supply of 1 billion
  • 50/50 allocation: Half goes to the artist (with a five-year linear unlock) and the other half to the bonding curve/liquidity pool.
  • The concave bonding curve was designed to encourage sustainable growth, less steep than comparable models.
  • 1% trading fees split equally between the artist and the Audius community treasury.
  • Starting market cap of 10,000 $AUDIO.

The Launch Experience

Once verified and connected with a wallet, artists can customize Artist Coin details and launch it. Artists can even be their own first buyer.

For unverified artists, the creation option is disabled. The goal: smooth onboarding while keeping the system safe and trusted.

Why Now?

The Artist coin launchpad acts as a bridge between artists and their communities. Artist Coins will function as the keys to fan clubs.

This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for more and let’s create the future of music, together. 

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