Price-gated token launches · Standard v1

Unlocks only at new highs

Launch with 10% floating. Every further tranche is gated by time, a sustained 2× price, and a hard 5% cap — enforced by a smart contract whose keys an independent custodian controls. The team can delay or shrink an unlock. It can never pull one forward. Trading taxes fund the escrow — only 10% is initially seeded.

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10%
float at tge
2×
gate multiple
30d
sustain window
5%
max tranche
Unlock gate · specIMMUTABLE
T+0
Deploy — 10% floats90% of supply enters contract escrow at TGE.
INIT
GATE 1
Wait ≥ 6 monthsMeasured from the previous unlock. No exceptions.
TIME
GATE 2
Sustain ≥ 2× for 30 daysAbove double the last unlock price, 30 consecutive days, no gaps.
PRICE
GATE 3
Release ≤ 5%Tranche cap on every unlock. The ratchet resets.
SIZE
CUSTODY: INDEPENDENT MULTISIG · TERMS FIXED AT DEPLOY · TAXES FUND THE ESCROW
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Why gate supply?

THE POINT OF 4PAD
PRINCIPLE 1

No weak-hand dumps

No tranche can hit the market while price is underwater. Supply only ever expands into strength — never into a dip the team itself created.

PRINCIPLE 2

Performance dilution

Dilution is only ever paid for by performance: each new 5% requires a sustained doubling of the last unlock price.

PRINCIPLE 3

Long-term alignment

Founders profit only by making the price ratchet up — by building, shipping, and compounding: $2 → $6 → $18…

How the standard works