Crypto infrastructure for token launches
Most token launches fail because of poor distribution design, not poor code. The solution includes the tokenomics, vesting contracts, fair launch mechanics, and liquidity infrastructure that determine whether your project has a reputation or a scandal.
Community perception of your launch shapes your project's reputation permanently. We treat it that way.
Token economics that survive the first vesting cliff
Your tokenomics spreadsheet shows a smooth emission curve. Reality shows a cliff at month 12 when seed investors unlock and dump into a thin order book. Utility projections assume protocol usage that has not materialized yet. The allocation table gives the community 40% but the fine print reveals most of that is locked behind milestones nobody defined. Investors read your vesting schedule as a signal of commitment. Get the unlock cadence wrong and you lose their confidence before the product ships.
The approach models token economics against adversarial scenarios before deployment. Emission schedules are stress tested against concentrated holder sell pressure at every unlock event. Allocation splits are validated against comparable launches in your sector. Vesting schedules are designed to signal long term alignment, with cliff periods, linear release curves, and milestone gates calibrated to your actual product roadmap. The output is a token design backed by simulation, not a pitch deck backed by optimism.
Distribution mechanics that are fair and provably so
Contribution caps, anti bot protection, and sybil resistance are table stakes now. Your community will check the contract within minutes of deployment. If wallets can bypass caps through multiple addresses, if bots can front run the contribution window, or if the allocation formula is opaque, the launch narrative shifts from excitement to accusation. Airdrops attract farmers. Public sales attract flippers. And the tax implications of token distribution vary by jurisdiction in ways that most teams discover after the fact.
The solution includes distribution contracts with per wallet contribution caps enforced on chain, commit reveal schemes that neutralize front running, and allowlist verification that gates participation to proven community members. Airdrop logic uses on chain activity scoring to filter sybils from genuine contributors. Every allocation, claim, and vesting event is recorded on chain so any holder can independently verify the distribution was executed as promised. For teams operating across jurisdictions, we structure distribution events to preserve optionality around tax classification.
Secondary liquidity that exists before the first claim
If a holder claims their tokens and there is no pool with meaningful depth, they cannot price their allocation and they cannot exit. That frustration turns into public criticism within hours. A token without secondary liquidity from block one is effectively illiquid scrip, regardless of what the tokenomics document promises about future exchange listings. Projects that treat liquidity bootstrapping as a post launch task lose community trust before their product gets a chance to prove itself.
The deployment includes concentrated liquidity positions on the target AMM as part of the launch transaction sequence, not as a follow up task. Initial pool depth is calibrated against expected claim volume so early sellers face reasonable spreads, not slippage walls. For projects targeting centralized exchanges in parallel, we prepare the token contract, metadata, and integration requirements ahead of listing timelines. The launch contract itself can be sequenced so liquidity pools are funded and active before the claim window opens.
A DeFi protocol with 400+ contributors across four tiers needed a launch that the community could verify end to end.
The protocol has a 12 person core team (4 year vest, 12 month cliff), 8 advisors (2 year vest, 6 month cliff), 30 seed investors (18 month vest, no cliff, linear monthly), and 350+ community contributors receiving an airdrop based on protocol usage. The team operates across three jurisdictions with different tax treatment for token distributions. They need AMM liquidity live on Uniswap V3 before the first claim opens, and they want governance proposals available from block one so token holders feel immediate ownership.
The deployment includes a vesting factory contract that generates a separate vesting wallet per recipient with tier specific cliff, duration, and release curve parameters baked in at creation. The airdrop uses a Merkle tree of on chain activity scores, weighted by protocol usage over the prior six months, with a commit reveal claim flow to prevent front running. Concentrated liquidity positions are funded and active on the target pair before the claim window opens. Governance contracts accept delegated voting from vested (unclaimed) balances so locked token holders still participate in proposals from day one.
- Vesting
- Four tiers, per wallet contracts
- Distribution
- Merkle proof, commit reveal claim
- Liquidity
- Uniswap V3, funded pre claim
- Governance
- Delegated voting from vested balances
Auditable contracts and live infrastructure, not tokenomics PDFs.
The specific solutions behind a launch that holds up.
Tell us about your token launch.
Describe the token, the chain, the stakeholder tiers, and when you want to go live. That is enough for us to scope the work.