How it works

How Riptide launches coins with chosen depth on Meteora.

Overview

Riptide is a launchpad on Meteora Dynamic Bonding Curve (DBC). Creators pick a starting market cap and a graduation market cap. The coin trades on a virtual curve until buyers have put in enough quote (SOL), then Meteora migrates liquidity into a DAMM v2 pool with LP permanently locked.

Most launchpads start every coin thin. Riptide is the opposite: you choose how deep the coin opens, on Meteora DBC, then it graduates to DAMM v2.

Why Riptide

Typical launchpads open every coin at a tiny market cap. Snipers buy the first ticks, spike the chart, and dump. Riptide flips that: the creator picks the starting market cap so the coin launches deep.

Healthier charts — deeper virtual reserves mean buys and sells move price less.
Full curve control — set start MC, graduation MC and curve shape, with a live depth preview (what a 1 / 5 / 10 SOL buy does) before launch.
Creator fees — earn a share of every trade and claim on-site.
Auto graduation — curve fills → Meteora migrates to a permanently locked DAMM v2 pool.

Riptide vs typical launchpads

Generic comparison. Riptide is on Meteora DBC.

Feature	Riptide	Typical launchpad
Starting MC	Creator chooses	Fixed / tiny
Early buy impact	Softer when deep	Small buys can spike
Curve controls	Start, grad, shape + preview	Often fixed
Creator fees	Claimable on-site	Varies
Graduation	Auto DAMM v2, LP locked	Depends on the pad

Starting market cap

Starting market cap is the FDV the coin opens at. Under the hood Meteora's buildCurveWithMarketCap turns that (and the graduation MC) into virtual reserves, so early buys move price less when you open deeper.

Opening MC — what you set on the slider.
Graduation MC — where the curve ends and DAMM v2 begins.
Raise — SOL buyers must put in to finish the curve (shown live).

Stronger is not free momentum. A stronger current also needs more buying to move and to graduate. Pick what fits the crowd you expect.

Curve shapes

Steady — classic constant-product path between open and graduate.
Steep — two-segment curve; flatter early, steeper near graduation.
Weighted — liquidity weights favour depth near the open.

Fees

Each swap pays a trading fee (0.5% / 1% / 2%). After Meteora's protocol cut, the rest splits between the launchpad partner and the creator by your chosen creator fee share (20 / 50 / 80%). Creators claim from the coin page.

Dev buy

Optional first buy inside the launch transaction. You get the opening price; nobody can snip ahead of that buy.

Graduation

When quote reserve hits the threshold, curve trading stops and Meteora's keeper migrates to DAMM v2. Riptide configs permanently lock 100% of migrated LP (90% partner / 10% creator locked), so liquidity can't be yanked.

Safety

Non-custodial — your wallet signs.
Every launch is simulateTransaction'd before you approve.
Launches stay behind LAUNCHES_ENABLED until you're ready.

References

Meteora DBC — Dynamic Bonding Curve program dbcij3LWUppWqq96dh6gJWwBifmcGfLSB5D4DuSMaqN.
Meteora DAMM v2 — permanent liquidity after graduation.