Everyone gets paid.
But does the token grow?
Creator fees. Holder fees. Revenue sharing. Volume incentives. When participants earn from trading activity regardless of whether a token succeeds, their interests drift away from its long-term growth.
So we went back to the roots. No creator fees. No holder fees. No volume farming.
Put activity back to work.
Every trade pays the token's fee in SOL — on its bonding curve and, after graduation, on its Meteora pool. 80% of it goes to the token's own treasury, which only buys the token back and burns it. When the token graduates, its liquidity is locked forever and its pool fees keep feeding the same treasury.
Treasury
Buybacks & burns.
80% of every trading fee — paid in SOL, on the bonding curve and after graduation — goes to the token's own treasury. Its only use: buying the token back and burning it.
Of each token's fee (1% by default, 1%–10%). Meteora keeps 20%.Liquidity
Locked for good.
When a token graduates, all of its liquidity moves into a Meteora pool and is permanently locked to its treasury. Nobody can pull it — and the pool fees it earns flow back into buybacks.
Of graduation liquidity, permanently lockedTransparency over promises.
More activity means more fees, more buybacks and less supply. It does not guarantee a rising price, a price floor or profitable trades.
Every treasury balance, fee claim, buyback and burn is on-chain and shown on each token's page. Roots is in beta: the program is unaudited and upgradeable by the team's key until a multisig is in place. See Protocol for the live configuration and what the admin can and cannot do.
A few good questions.
Do creators receive trading fees?
No. A token's creator receives 0% of its fees and has no special powers. An optional first buy pays the same fee as everyone and grants nothing extra.
Do holders receive fee payouts?
No. Fees are not distributed to anyone. They are claimed into the token's treasury and spent on buying the token back and burning it.
How big is the fee?
Each creator picks one fee at launch: 1% by default, anywhere from 1% to 10%. It applies to every buy and sell, in SOL, on the bonding curve and after graduation, and it can never be changed. Meteora keeps 20% of it; the rest goes to the token's treasury.
Who can spend the treasury?
No person. The treasury is an account owned by the Roots program. The only thing that can spend it is the buyback, which buys the token on its own pool, within strict limits, and burns what it buys. Anyone can trigger fee claims and buybacks; nobody can redirect them.
Are buybacks guaranteed?
No. Buybacks run after graduation, sized by the program from the treasury, recent volume (at most 20% of it), a 2% price-impact cap and a cooldown. They are not price support, not a floor, and guarantee nothing.
What happens at graduation?
When the bonding curve reaches 85 SOL, Meteora migrates it into a Meteora pool. Anyone can trigger this. 100% of the pool's liquidity is permanently locked and owned by the token's treasury: it can never be withdrawn, and the pool fees it earns flow back into buybacks.
Can the team change a token?
No. A token's fee, supply, name, symbol and image are fixed at launch. The admin can only pause new launches or buybacks in an emergency. While Roots is in beta, its program can be upgraded by the team's key; this moves to a multisig and an audit follows.
What does Meteora control?
Roots runs on Meteora's bonding curve and pools. Meteora can pause a pool, change pool fees within limits, and upgrade its programs — it cannot withdraw pool liquidity or locked positions. No approval from Meteora is involved in launching or graduating.