Glossary
Sniper
A sniper is a bot that buys a new token in the first moments after it is created, often in the same block, to get in at the lowest price on the bonding curve. Snipers then sell into later buyers, which can include the token’s own creator if the creator buys late.
Snipers watch launchpad programs and the mempool for new tokens and buy as soon as the creation lands.
A creator who buys in the same launch as the creation, as in a Block-0 launch, is not behind them.
How they find tokens. Snipers watch launchpad programs and the mempool for creations, and speed is everything: the bot that lands first pays the least. The creator is the usual victim when the creator buys in a later step.
Pons adds a defence of its own. Its snipe tax starts at 99% and decays over the first 3 seconds, as of 2026-10-29, and the buyers in a Ballistic Block-0 launch are exempt from it. A Block-0 launch goes further by putting the creator’s buys in the creation itself.
Questions
Is a sniper the same as a bundler?
No. A sniper buys other people’s new tokens. A bundler is used by the creator to put the creator’s own buys inside the launch. What a bundler is.
How can a creator avoid being sniped?
By not leaving a gap between the creation and the buys. A bundled launch sends them together, so a bot has no transaction to land between them.
What is Pons’ snipe tax?
A tax on buys right after a token is created. On Pons it starts at 99% and decays over the first 3 seconds, as of 2026-10-29.