Robinhood Chain Launchpad Fees and Graduation
Robinhood Chain launchpads use materially different economics. Some charge an upfront launch fee, some monetize curve or pool trades, and some require no separate liquidity deposit. Graduation can mean a real migration, a permanent user-interface milestone, or nothing at all. LP positions may be burned, held in a no-withdrawal vault or locked in a platform contract. This matrix was checked July 16, 2026 from public first-party pages; parameters and operating status can change.
Editorial disclosure: Nock Terminal publishes this benchmark and operates one of the compared launch flows. The table separates public vendor claims from directly observable status and uses “not verified” when the checked source did not establish a field. It is a mechanics benchmark, not a safety score, recommendation or independent smart-contract audit.
How the benchmark separates fees
An upfront platform fee, network gas, a bonding-curve fee, a DEX pool fee and a migration charge are different costs. A creator share can be carved out of a trading fee or paid from collected LP fees. The matrix keeps those scopes separate so a low creation fee is not mistaken for a low lifetime trading cost.
Status matters too. A polished launch form does not prove that a factory is deployed or that public launches have occurred. Products with no observed bytecode, an undeployed factory, zero launches or conflicting first-party pages are labeled rather than silently promoted as established venues.
Why graduation is not one standard event
RobinFun, hood.fun and The Furnace describe a curve that reaches a threshold and then moves liquidity into a Uniswap pool. RobinPad and LaunchHood describe graduation primarily as a badge, chart or interface milestone while the same pool remains; the historical DYOR Fun evidence set described the same pattern, but its documentation domain no longer resolved at the July 16 recheck. Nock Terminal, MetaLaunch, GoBolt and HoodTracker describe direct-liquidity launches with no separate curve migration.
Comparing graduation market capitalizations without comparing the pricing model, quote asset, virtual reserves, fee deductions and migration mechanics can be misleading. A threshold is a platform rule, not proof of organic demand or lasting liquidity.
Burned and locked LP positions are different
A burned LP NFT or LP token is sent to an address from which it is not expected to be recoverable. A locked position remains owned by a locker or vault whose code and upgrade authority determine what can happen next. RobinLaunchpad describes liquidity locked inside its contract, while hood.fun and LaunchHood describe lockers. Nock describes a separate LP-position transfer that must confirm after registration.
Neither mechanism proves that the token contract is safe, that holders are distributed fairly, that price cannot collapse or that trading activity is organic. Users should verify the exact position owner, proxy authority and transaction receipt rather than relying on a badge.
Evidence conflicts recorded at the last check
RobinPad's dedicated fee page says launch has no platform fee and graduation is a UI milestone, while other documentation sections mention a 0.0011 ETH fee and migration. Its three published platform addresses returned no deployed bytecode at the last direct RPC check. PadQuiver explicitly showed an undeployed factory, and The Furnace showed deployed contracts but zero launches.
HoodTracker exposed an active-looking public launch form while its documentation still said final private testing. These conflicts are not resolved by guessing. Recheck the wallet transaction preview, current deployed bytecode and first-party documentation immediately before signing.
Questions to verify before launching
- What exact platform fee, gas estimate, pool fee and routing fee appear in the wallet preview?
- Does graduation migrate liquidity or only change a badge and discovery placement?
- Who owns the LP position after launch, and can the owner, proxy admin or implementation change?
- Which fee share belongs to the creator, protocol, referrer, incentives reserve or token holders?
- Does the published factory address contain bytecode on chain ID 4663?
- Can you reconstruct the token deployment, pool creation and LP-custody steps from the receipt?
| Platform | Status at last check | Upfront fee | Trading fee | Graduation | Pool / LP treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nock Terminal | Live publisher-owned flow | 0.002 ETH + gas | 1% Nock fee on supported optional developer buy | No separate curve graduation | Uniswap v4; LP-position transfer must confirm |
| RobinFun | Public curve and graduated pages | Not verified | 1%; creator profile shows 0.5% earnings | About $44k displayed threshold | Moves to Uniswap V2; vendor says LP burned |
| RobinLaunchpad | Live public documentation | Not separately stated | 6.9% on ETH side; 1% creator share included | 800M of 1B bought on curve | Remaining assets permanently locked in contract |
| hood.fun | Live first-party whitepaper | 0 ETH + gas | 1–5% curve; 1% v3 pool | About 6.5 ETH raised | Migrates to Uniswap v3; position locked |
| RobinPad | Not verified live; evidence conflicts | 0 or 0.0011 ETH in conflicting pages | 1% claimed v3 pool | $69k UI milestone on fee page | Claimed locked; published contracts had no code |
| LaunchHood | Public docs and contract links | 0 + gas | 1% pool; 50/50 creator/protocol | 4 ETH net-buy site milestone | Direct Uniswap v3; locker retains same position |
| MetaLaunch | Current V5 public | 0.0005 ETH + gas | 1%; 70/20/10 current split | No graduation | Direct Uniswap v3; current ownerless locker |
| The Furnace | Contracts deployed; zero launches shown | 0 + gas | 0.50% protocol fee | Near $44k vendor threshold | Graduates to v3; LP described locked |
| PadQuiver | Not live; factory undeployed | Not verified | 1% recommended/default tier | Not verified | Reward-pool concept; exact version not verified |
| DYOR Fun | Historical docs unavailable; factory remains onchain | 0.0005 ETH + gas | 1% v3 pool | 4.5 ETH indexed ATH UI milestone | Direct v3; immutable no-withdrawal vault claimed |
| GoBolt | Factory and hook bytecode observed | About $2.50 + gas | 1% routing plus dynamic pool fee | No graduation stated | Uniswap v4; LP treatment not verified |
| HoodTracker | Public form; docs say private testing | 0.0005 ETH + gas | 1% v3; 60% native-side creator share | No graduation | Direct v3; no-withdrawal vault claimed |
Frequently asked questions
Which Robinhood Chain launchpad has the lowest launch fee? Several checked pages describe gas-only launches, but fee scope and operating status differ. Compare platform, gas, trade, routing and migration fees rather than choosing from the upfront fee alone. What does launchpad graduation mean? It can mean a curve-to-DEX migration, or merely a permanent interface milestone on an existing pool. The platform's current documentation and receipt determine which applies. Is burned liquidity safer than locked liquidity? The mechanisms differ, but neither proves token safety, fair distribution, price stability or honest trading. Verify the LP owner, code and upgrade authority. Does zero launch fee mean zero cost? No. Network gas, pool fees, platform routing fees, migration charges and price impact may still apply. Why are some cells marked not verified? The checked first-party source did not establish the field clearly. Not verified does not mean absent or unsafe. Is Nock Terminal independent in this comparison? No. Nock Terminal publishes the benchmark and operates one compared launch flow. That conflict is disclosed, and competitor facts are limited to their own public sources.
Sources and verification
Last verified: July 16, 2026
Vendor pages are authoritative only for their own stated terms and can change. The benchmark records evidence status and does not independently audit safety or performance.
- Download the machine-readable launchpad evidence (JSON)
- Nock Terminal launch flow
- RobinLaunchpad documentation
- hood.fun whitepaper
- RobinPad fees
- LaunchHood documentation
- MetaLaunch first-party site
- The Furnace documentation
- DYOR Fun factory proxy on Robinhood Chain Blockscout
- GoBolt first-party site
- HoodTracker documentation
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