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How Elders works, in five steps. Then the fine print.
- STEP 01 / 05
Pick where it grows.
Plant a trunk with a name nobody holds, or grow from a coin that's already running. Your coin's place in the tree is written on-chain at launch.
$MOTH the trunk, record 1 │ ┌────┴─────┐ $MOTHER $THEMOTH branches, 1.1 and 1.3 │ $YOURCOIN grows from 1.3, so 1.3.3 - STEP 02 / 05
Launch on pump.fun.
One transaction from your wallet creates the coin on pump.fun, makes your first buy, and writes the coin into the record. The ticker is claimed for good.
your wallet signs one transaction ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ create the coin pump.fun │ │ your first buy optional │ │ the record entry Solana │ └──────────────────────────────┘
- STEP 03 / 05
Holders name it.
Holders have 24 hours to vote on the final name. Votes are sealed, so nobody can pile on at the end, and the holders who backed the winner share an extra 30% of the holder fees for 30 days.
$BIGMOTH ████████████ 46% set $MOTHWIF ███████ 27% $mOTH ████ 16% $LILMOTH ███ 11%
- STEP 04 / 05
Every branch pays tribute.
A share of every branch's trading fees runs down to the coin it grew from, then on down to the trunk. When a coin gets vamped, its elders earn.
$THEMOTHJR2 1.3.1.1 │ tribute ▼ $THEMOTHJR 1.3.1 │ tribute ▼ $THEMOTH 1.3 │ tribute ▼ $MOTH 1, the trunk - STEP 05 / 05
Check any coin.
Paste a ticker or an address and the record returns its number, its generation and every elder down to the trunk. A copy can never pass as the original.
check $THEMOTHJR2 ──────────────────────────── record 1.3.1.1 generation IV elders $THEMOTHJR $THEMOTH $MOTH (trunk)
01What Elders is
Elders is a launchpad for pump.fun coins that keeps a record of where every coin came from. When a name takes off, it gets copied twenty times within the hour. On Elders, the first coin to take a name is the First Elder, the trunk of its tree. Every coin that copies or riffs on it grows as a branch, and a share of every branch's fees runs down to its elders.
So vamps stop being a loss for the original. The more a coin is vamped, the more its holders earn.
02The record
The record is a public list on Solana. Every coin launched on Elders is in it from its first second, and an entry can't be edited once it's written.
| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| ticker | The coin's ticker, claimed for good at launch. |
| record number | Its place in the tree, like 1.3.1. See below. |
| grows from | The coin it's a branch of. Empty for a trunk. |
| claimed | The time it launched. |
| creator | The wallet that launched it, and its signature. |
| name | The name the holders voted for, once the vote closes. |
03Record numbers
Every coin's number is its whole line. The trunk is 1. Its branches are 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and so on, and theirs add another number. Read a number from the left and you have every elder below it. The count of numbers is its generation.
| Record | Coin |
|---|---|
| 1 | $MOTH, the trunk. Generation I. |
| 1.3 | $THEMOTH, the third branch of $MOTH. Generation II. |
| 1.3.1 | $THEMOTHJR, the first branch of $THEMOTH. Generation III. |
| 1.3.1.1 | $THEMOTHJR2. Generation IV, paying tribute to three elders. |
04Copies
A ticker can only be claimed once. A coin that launches with a ticker someone already holds is recorded as a copy: a branch of the first coin with that ticker, paying it tribute. It can never become a new trunk, so it can never pass as the original.
Names that riff on a ticker, with a prefix, a suffix or different capitals, are their own coins. $MOTHER and $MotherX are different tickers from $MOTH. Most branches carry their elder's name so people can tell where they grew from.
05The naming vote
Every coin launches with a working name, and its holders vote on the final one.
| Rule | Value |
|---|---|
| how long | 24 hours from launch |
| sealed | Votes are hidden until the vote closes, then revealed together |
| vote weight | The square root of what you hold. 100 coins is 10 votes, 10,000 coins is 100 |
| too few votes | If fewer than 10% of holders vote, the launch name stays |
| backing the winner | The holders who voted for the winning name share an extra 30% of the holder fees for 30 days |
| after the vote | The program writes the winning name and gives up its right to change it |
06Fees and tribute
| Who | What they earn |
|---|---|
| every holder | 70% of the holder fees for the first 30 days after the vote, split by how much each holds. 100% after that |
| winning voters | The other 30% for those 30 days, split by how much each holds |
| elder holders | Tribute from every branch above their coin |
| trunk holders | Tribute from the whole tree |
Status: payouts aren't live yet. Every coin's place in the tree is on-chain from the second it launches, so tribute is owed from day one and paid once payouts open. Until then, pump.fun pays creator fees to the wallet that launched the coin.
Tribute runs one step at a time: a branch pays the coin it grew from, which passes a share down to its own elder, and so on to the trunk. Every payment is sent on-chain, straight to wallets. There's nothing to stake or claim.
07Launching
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| launches on | pump.fun |
| supply | 1,000,000,000 |
| you set | Where it grows, the ticker, a working name, an image and an optional description |
| first buy | Optional, up to 20 SOL, in the same transaction, so nobody buys before you |
| you pay | Solana network fees, pump.fun's costs to create the coin, and your first buy |
| wallets | Phantom, Solflare and Backpack |
Elders never holds your coin or your SOL. You sign everything in your own wallet.
08Check it yourself
Every launch, every vote result and every tribute payment is written on Solana, so the whole history can be read from the chain without trusting this site.
Every launch sends 0 SOL to the record's tag address with the memo elders:<coin>:<parent or trunk>, so anyone can rebuild every tree from the chain.
09What Elders is not
- Being an elder doesn't make a coin go up. Tribute depends on how much its branches trade, and it can be zero.
- A memecoin can go to zero. So can every branch of it.
- Elders isn't affiliated with pump.fun. Nothing here is financial advice.
10Questions
Can I change where my coin grows?
No. Its place in the tree is written at launch and can't be edited by anyone, including Elders.
Do I have to grow from another coin?
No. If your ticker is new, plant a trunk. Your coin becomes record 1 of its own tree and pays no tribute.
What if someone launches a copy of my coin?
It's recorded as a branch of yours and pays your coin tribute. It can never be shown as the original.
Why does my coin pay tribute?
Because it grew from another coin's name. That's the deal that makes being first worth something. In return, every coin that grows from yours pays you.
What if nobody votes on the name?
If fewer than 10% of holders vote, the name the coin launched with stays.
Does Elders hold my coins?
No. You launch and trade from your own wallet, and payments go straight to holders' wallets.