How it works

Every X handle gets its payday — enforced by code, delivered by people only at the last mile.

A coin for a handle, a pot for that handle, and a fee split that nobody — including us — can change after launch.

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The six steps

  1. 01

    Launch for any handle

    Anyone can launch a Pons V2 bonding-curve coin for any X handle. Pick the handle, a name and symbol, and a creator tax. The coin's Pons creator fee recipient is that handle's own FeeSplitter, so the fee flow is wired at launch and can never be redirected afterwards.

  2. 02

    Trades pay the splitter

    Every trade on the Pons curve pays the 1% base fee of which 70 bps goes to the creator recipient — our splitter — on top of the creator tax you chose. The splitter accrues that share in the Pons fee escrow.

  3. 03

    The splitter pays pot, holders and the platform on-chain

    Anyone can call claimFees(). The splitter pulls what it is owed from the escrow and divides it by the basis points pinned at launch: the handle's vault, the holders' staking pool, and the platform treasury. Integer math leaves the remainder in the vault, so nothing is stranded.

  4. 04

    The owner signs in with X once

    The handle owner authenticates with X. An oracle then signs an EIP-712 attestation bound to that handle and vault, and anyone can submit it — the keeper pays the gas, so the owner never needs a wallet balance or a second sign-in.

  5. 05

    Claim, auto-pay or lock

    With one attestation the owner can claim any amount to any wallet, set a persistent payout address so every future fee is pushed automatically, lock the handle against further launches, or cancel a pending delivery. The simplest cash-out is a claim straight to the USDG deposit address of a Robinhood Crypto account on Robinhood Chain: Robinhood credits it after 30 confirmations (about five minutes) plus a compliance review, and a claim costs nothing — no bridge, no third-party payment app.

  6. 06

    Or hand it to the community: delivery to X Money, with a 24h owner window

    For US handles without a Robinhood account, anyone can request delivery of an unclaimed pot to X Money for a 3% fee. Execution waits 24 hours so the owner always gets the chance to claim first. The last mile is a human X Money send by the delivery operator, recorded in the ops console with public proof.

Pons keeps its own 0.3% of volume on every trade, on top of the creator share. The creator recipient receives the creator tax plus Pons's 0.7% creator base; the splitter then divides that inflow three ways.

The fee split

The launcher picks a creator tax T at the 1% floor or above, on a 50-bps grid when reflections are on. These rows show what that pins for the two ends of the range, with reflections on and off.

Creator tax TReflectionsPotHoldersX PaydayPonsTotal tax
1%on1.05%0.5%0.15%0.3%2%
1%off1.55%none0.15%0.3%2%
10%on5.55%5%0.15%0.3%11%
10%off10.55%none0.15%0.3%11%
Percentages are of trade volume. “Total tax” is the creator tax plus the Pons 1% base fee; Pons's 0.3% is part of that base fee, not extra.

What is enforced on-chain vs. by people

Everything that decides who gets paid is a contract rule. Two things are not — the human X Money send, and Robinhood crediting a deposit to its own customers — and we say so plainly.

Enforced on-chain

7 rules
  • The fee split of every trade, pinned per coin in basis points at launch
  • Claims by the handle owner, paid to whatever address they name — a wallet, or a Robinhood USDG deposit address
  • Auto-pay: a payout address that future fees are pushed to
  • The handle lock, which blocks any further launches against the handle
  • The delivery snapshot (amount, fee and destination wallet at request time)
  • The 24-hour delay before a delivery can execute
  • Abandonment: a pot idle for 180 days flows to that coin's holders, never to the treasury

Done by people, with proof

2 steps
  • The final send from the delivery wallet to X Money
  • Its public proof — a transaction or receipt URL recorded in the ops console

Done by Robinhood, the custodian

3 caveats
  • Crediting a USDG deposit to your Robinhood account: 30 confirmations (about 5 minutes), then a compliance review that can take a few hours
  • Which networks a deposit address accepts — pick Robinhood Chain, or the funds are lost
  • Country availability — USDG deposits are not available to New York residents

Robinhood is not a partner and X Payday is not affiliated with it. A claim is just a normal on-chain transfer to the address you name; whether Robinhood credits it is up to Robinhood.

X Payday vs typical handle launchpads

The X Payday column is enforced by the contracts, not by convention.

X PaydayTypical handle launchpads
ReflectionsTrustless on-chain staking pool, streamed by the contractsKeeper-allocated rewards
Auto-paySign in with X once; future fees are pushed to your payout addressNo automatic payout, repeated sign-ins
Handle lockOwner can lock the handle on-chain against further launchesNone
Platform fee0.15% of volume0.20% of volume
Delivery fee3% when an unclaimed pot is delivered to X Money5%
Owner window24 hours before a delivery can executeNone
Abandoned potsFlow to that coin's holders after 180 daysSwept to the platform treasury
Deploy-time keysSix distinct owner, guardian, oracle, treasury, delivery and operator keys required at deploySingle key or unenforced roles
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