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A token framework that adds time.

Tokens need time. Time for communities to form. Time for founders to ship. Time for price discovery to mean something beyond who had the fastest bot. The best projects are the ones where holders and founders are aligned around the same timeline. Ponzu is a launchpad that builds time into every phase of a token’s lifecycle. Presale pricing rewards early believers. Refunds let people leave without killing the project. Diamond-hand vesting makes patience the most profitable strategy. And every reward comes from real activity, not inflation. Every mechanism follows one principle: Exit early, but leave the rest.

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Linear pricing

Price starts at a tenth of the target and increases linearly as tokens sell. Not exponential, not oversubscribed. Linear. A middleground for price discovery. A project that starts at $100K and sells out at $1M is healthier than one that starts at $2K, sells out instantly or bundled, and launches into speculation. No timers, no existential countdowns. Early buyers get a better price.

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Presale refunds

Before launch, any buyer can get a 90% refund. The remaining 10% is effectively sold. Tokens get redistributed giving early presale holders a boost in allocation. And if you don’t want the penalty, your presale position is a Ponzu Bottle NFT. Sell it on secondary. There’s always liquidity, but no dumping. Only refunds. Rest until launch.

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Anti-sniper protection

When liquidity goes live, bots buy tokens the moment they are tradeable, expecting to dump on retail shortly after. PonzuSwap launches with a 20% swap fee that decays linearly to 1% over the first hour. Sniping becomes less attractive. Those elevated fees flow to the Distributor. Early speculation subsidizes long-term holders.

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Diamond-hand vesting

Once the presale sells out, vesting begins. You can claim only once. Exit early, forfeit the rest. Claim early, receive a fraction, leave the rest. Wait the full vest, get everything plus a share of what the impatient left behind. The weak hands subsidize the diamond hands.

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The Distributor

Every early exit rewards the loyal. Forfeited tokens, swap fees, and penalties all flow through the Distributor. It routes revenue dynamically: as presale holders claim and exit, their share decreases and the farm’s share increases. No governance, no admin, dynamic distribution. Presale holders who don’t claim continue to earn rewards for the life of the project. Conviction is rewarded, even after vesting.

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Non-inflationary farming

The farm receives rewards from swap fees, forfeited tokens, early exits. No new tokens are ever minted. We make non-inflationary farming a reality. The farm has its own conviction mechanism to prevent farm dumping: claim ETH anytime, but tokens, you can only claim once. Conviction is extended.

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The complete picture

Each mechanism reinforces the others. Refunds allow for ambitious presale targets because buyers aren’t taking 100% risk. Diamond-hand vesting tests patience. Swap fees protect from snipers. The Distributor sends tokens to those with conviction. The farm extends conviction beyond vesting. Token launches do not have to be casinos. They do not have to be zero-sum games between insiders and retail. With the right mechanism design, they become coordination tools that tokenise ideas and reward believers. Everything Ponzu builds is working toward one thing: aligning founders and holders throughout a token’s lifecycle.

For Founders and Devs

How launching a token early can bootstrap and accelerate your growth.

For Investors and Traders

What changes when you can only claim once, and why patience pays.

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