Launch tiers
Pro and Custom. The two tiers differ in one thing — where the liquidity sits — and every other difference follows from that.
Side by side
The terms, compared
| Term | Pro · V3 | Custom · V4 |
|---|---|---|
| Trading fee | 0.05%, 0.3% or 1% only | Any fee 0–5% |
| Fee currency | Both sides of the pair | Always the wrapped gas token |
| Your share | 80% | 80% at any fee above 0% |
| Liquidity shape | Concentrated, single-sided | Full range + hook |
| LP lock | Permanent | Permanent |
| Holder rewards | No | Yes — several routes |
| Vaults | No | Yes — Fee, Portfolio, Dividend |
| Buyback & burn | No | Yes |
| Pair with a custom token | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-announced address | Yes | Yes |
| Dev buy | Yes | Yes |
Whichever tier you pick, the liquidity does not come back. Creators earn fees, never principal. There is no tier on NASDANK whose LP unlocks on a timer.
Pro — concentrated and permanent
Pro is the default for a normal memecoin launch on Robinhood Chain. The whole supply becomes a single-sided position and the NFT goes into a locker with no exit.
0.05%, 0.3% and 1%. Whatever you type snaps to the nearest one, and a pool's fee can never be changed after creation. If you want 2%, you want Custom.
The units trap here is worth knowing if you are building your own launcher: Uniswap fee units are hundredths of a bip, so a percentage converts with × 10000, not × 100. Getting that wrong collapses the entire 0–5% range onto the 0.05% tier — a twentyfold under-charge, permanently, on every pool you create.
Custom — the hooked pool
Custom exists because Uniswap V3's enabled tiers cap out at 1%, and creator-selectable fees up to 5% are impossible there. On V4 the fee is a free uint24, so any value in the range is native.
The mechanism is worth understanding, because it changes what "the fee" means:
- The pool's own LP fee is zeroUniswap itself charges nothing on a Custom pool.
- The hook charges insteadOn every swap, in both directions, the hook takes the fee — always denominated in the wrapped gas token, never in your coin.
- The split is applied at collectionCreator and protocol legs are computed from the fee map and settled. The creator's leg can be redirected to holders, a vault or a burn instead of a wallet.
Because the fee is always taken in the wrapped gas token, a Custom creator never accumulates a pile of their own coin they then have to sell. That is a deliberate difference from Pro, where fees accrue in both legs of the pair.
Which one should you pick?
| If you want… | Pick |
|---|---|
| A normal memecoin, decided for you | Basic path → Pro on Robinhood, Custom on BNB |
| A specific fee that is not 0.05 / 0.3 / 1% | Custom |
| Fees paid to you in one asset, not two | Custom |
| To reward the people holding your coin | Custom |
| Buyback and burn pressure on your own supply | Custom |
| Maximum depth per unit of supply | Pro |