KIN Launch a fork

Every fork buys the original.

KIN is a launchpad on Raydium LaunchLab for forks of runners. A fork is paired against its parent’s token instead of SOL, so buying the fork buys the parent, and graduation locks it.

How pairing works

On most launchpads a coin’s curve trades against SOL. On KIN the curve of a fork trades against the coin it forked: the parent.

  1. You buy a fork with SOL, like on any launchpad.
  2. In the same transaction, your SOL is swapped to the parent token on the open market.
  3. The parent tokens go into the fork’s curve, and you receive the fork at curve price.

Selling works the other way: fork back to the parent, and optionally on to SOL.

Graduation and locking

Each fork has a graduation target set in parent tokens. It is fixed at launch to equal 85 SOL of the parent at that moment.

When the curve reaches the target, the liquidity moves to a Raydium CPMM pool, fork against parent, and the LP tokens are burned. The parent tokens in that pool can never be withdrawn by anyone, including KIN.

Before graduation, parent tokens sit in the curve and sellers can take them back out. Only graduated forks count as locked on the site.

Fees

Every trade on a fork’s curve pays a fee in the parent token, because that is what the curve trades in.

KIN platform fee1.74%
Raydium LaunchLab trading fee0.25%
Creator fee0%

The KIN platform fee is split three ways:

Buys back $KIN on the open market40%
Burns the parent token30%
Treasury: development and servers30%

Burns are run by hand at first and posted on X with the transaction. Automatic on-chain burns come later.

Launching a fork

  1. Paste the parent’s CA. KIN looks up its market and shows its price, market cap and liquidity.
  2. Pick a name, a ticker and an image.
  3. Check what the fork will lock: the graduation target in parent tokens and the share of parent supply.
  4. Connect your wallet and launch.

A parent needs a live market, and Raydium needs a quote config for it before its first fork. New parents are added on request.

Risks

Two prices in one coinA fork is priced in its parent. If the parent falls, the fork’s value in SOL falls with it, even if nobody sells the fork.
Memecoins can go to zeroForks, parents and $KIN included. Locked liquidity does not protect a price.
Swaps have slippageThe SOL to parent swap moves the parent’s price. Thin parents move more. The numbers on the site do not include price impact.
A fork is not its parentDifferent coin, different holders, different CA. Always check the CA.

FAQ

Can I fork any coin?

Any coin LaunchLab accepts as a quote token. The lookup works for every Solana coin with a market.

Why would a parent’s community want forks?

Because on KIN every fork buys their coin, and every graduated fork locks some of it for good. Copies stop draining the original.

Where do I see how much of a coin is locked?

On its family tree page. Paste the CA in Explore or open any “forked from” chip.

How is “$KIN bought back” counted?

It is the $KIN held by the buyback wallet, read from chain.

Will KIN DM me?

Never. There is no presale, no airdrop and no support account. Anyone messaging you as KIN is not us.

Disclaimer

KIN is software for launching and trading memecoins. Nothing on this site is financial advice. You are responsible for what you buy, sell and launch. Coins launched on KIN are made by their creators, not by KIN.