Glossary
Funding stage
The funding stage is the step before a launch where every wallet the launch will use gets its funds. On Ballistic the creator funds once, against one figure, and the platform funds each launch wallet. Nothing is funded at launch time, so the launch itself only creates the token and buys.
Separating funding from the launch keeps the launch fast: when the creator presses Launch, every wallet already holds what it needs.
On Solana and BNB Chain, a Block-0 launch can be funded through the CEX route, where each launch wallet’s first deposit comes from an exchange rather than your own funding wallet, or spread over a funding window. Funded that way, your and your team’s positions are not one obvious cluster on holder-map tools such as Bubblemaps. Instant direct funding and Reserve launches fund from your own funding wallet.
What the figure contains. One number covers the buys, the creation, the tip or gas and, on a Reserve launch, the custody wallet’s extra costs. On a Solana Block-0 launch it counts one tip for every bundle in the plan.
Which routes are offered depends on the chain and the mode. The creator can fund directly, through an exchange or over a funding window where the mode allows it; a Reserve launch funds from the creator’s own funding wallet.
Questions
Is anything funded at launch time?
No. Every wallet is funded before the launch, so pressing Launch only sends the creation and the buys.
Who funds the launch wallets?
The creator sends one amount and Ballistic funds each launch wallet from it. The launch wallets are generated by Ballistic and kept apart from the primary wallet.
Does the funding stage cost a fee?
Ballistic charges no fee on new funds sent to launch. Sale proceeds from an earlier launch that are spent again pay the platform fee at the funding stage.