Looks like the launchpad battle on @RobinhoodApp Chain is wrapping up with @ponsdotfamily is the one running the table right now, quickly shaping up to be the de facto pumpfun of RH. And we finally have the official docs out, time to dive in! ➥ How it works The mechanism is pretty straight forward as the token is market graduated once threshold met and deployed on @Uniswap V3 pool + liquidity locked in the same transactions. There are several launch protection in place for the first 2 blocks: - Only creator can buy on launch block - Max 5% supply per wallet / 5.5% max buy - Sells and transfers unrestricted -- ➥ Fee mechanics & $PONS Every trade carries a 1% pool fee. That 1% is divided between the token’s creator and the protocol, and the ratio is fixed at launch forever for that token: - 70% → creator - 30% → protocol (PONS) The protocol’s 30% gets allocated like this: - 80% → automated TWAP PONS buybacks → burned - 20% → infra + team The 80/20 split isn’t fully immutable or fully automated yet. The docs clearly say it’ll be locked in and automated later. PONS was launched using the same process as any other token on the platform. The loop is simple: More launches + more volume on PONS → more 1% fees → more ongoing buying supporting demand -- ➥ PONS Pump-anomics As of now, PONS has generated roughly ~$340k cumulative revenue, with recent daily pace around ~$40k–$63k (with 80% routed to PONS TWAP), while creators have earned $2.65M+ to date. So about $270k+ has already been used to buy and burn PONS in the first ~5–6 days, taking close to 20% out of circulation. At today’s activity (based on @Adam_Tehc dashboard): - Platform runs ~$45–50M daily volume - Protocol gets 30% of the 1% fee → ~0.3% of volume - 80% of that becomes buybacks → ~0.24% of daily volume turns into PONS buy pressure + burn If volume stays in the $40–50M/day zone, the protocol can keep shaving off meaningful chunks of supply every few weeks. With the optimistic constant-price assumption, it could theoretically buy and burn what’s left in ~3.5–4.5 months at current levels, broadly matching @AvgJoesCrypto’s ~100-day math. But that’s a static model. Real life highly won’t follow it because: - As supply tightens, price typically lifts → each buyback dollar removes fewer tokens - A higher price pushes market cap up, which can reshape demand - Volume isn’t guaranteed to remain at $40–50M/day -- ➥ Bottom Line Robinhood Chain is still early. Then memecoin mania hit. Launchpads exploded, and Pons quickly pulled ahead in launches, active addresses, and now volume, thanks to a simple, high-tempo flywheel. In its first week, Pons effectively took nearly 20% of the $PONS supply off the table while becoming the chain’s volume and activity leader. The loop: volume spikes → fees accrue → 80% funds buybacks → tokens get burned. Now attention turns to what's next for Pons and potentially their main runner.. @MEADGod says the team is “locking in v2 mode.” The docs hinted it was coming, but details are still unknown. The timing suggests Pons is shifting from pure expansion to a more structured second act, while the burn keeps running.