You launch. Their rewards stay theirs.

1. Sign in with X and nominate a creator.
2. Review the community token name, logo, symbol, and description.
3. Confirm the public community-launch disclosure. No launch wallet connection is needed.
4. Select “Launch for free.” First Say’s sponsor wallet pays the protocol launch fee and gas. One transaction creates fee routing and launches atomically through Pons v2, with no opening buy.
5. First Say verifies the receipt before publishing the token. Give the creator their rewards link.

Free launches do not include a token purchase or creator-fee rights. First Say permits one community launch per stable X identifier through this gateway; other platforms can create unrelated tokens.

Tokens are marked “Community launched.” Claiming rewards only marks “Rewards claimed”; it does not mark the token official or endorsed. Launchers can choose the token name; the description includes the community-launch disclosure. Launch metadata does not set an official creator X social link.

Privy authenticates the creator’s immutable numeric X account ID. First Say’s server signs a short-lived authorization assigning the matching rewards to that creator’s Privy controller wallet. The blockchain cannot independently verify X. A compromised identity attestor could misassign an unclaimed identity; it cannot replace a controller after a valid claim. Account and key security remain important.

Under the accepted Pons policy, standard trading fees total 3.5% of volume: 2.7% for the creator, 0.5% for First Say, and 0.3% for Pons. Pons combines the creator-side 3.2% in our router, which splits it 27:5. Buybacks are disabled. Temporary launch-window anti-snipe taxes and upstream policy changes can affect actual trading costs; always inspect the current quote.

Before claim, the creator share remains unpayable in its onchain router or awaits settlement upstream. There is no expiry or administrative sweep of this share. First Say’s treasury share is independent and may be collected before the creator claims. After claim, the creator can collect past and future settled earnings.

Follow the token’s creator rewards link and sign in with the nominated X account. Use your linked Privy wallet or choose another receiving address, then approve the destination. First Say sponsors the onchain claim within its budget. You do not have to connect or fund an external wallet. Afterwards, collect in the rewards studio; payouts go to the current receiving address.

Your Privy wallet becomes the account controller. A different receiving wallet is shown publicly as an address rather than as an X-linked recipient. Changes need controller authorization and are relayed with sponsored gas while available. All unpaid creator rewards follow the current destination; already paid funds and tokens do not move.

We’re planning to let creators receive rewards directly in their X Money account. This is a planned feature, not an available payout method. There is no confirmed launch date yet.

Today, rewards are collected in ETH to your X-linked Privy wallet or another receiving wallet you choose. Signing in with X does not connect an X Money account. Your current rewards and wallet collection flow are unchanged.

A First Say V4 gateway deploys a separate immutable-proportion V2 fee router during each launch. The gateway controls that router, reserving creator payments until the identity claim. The treasury can pause new launches and initial claims or rotate the identity attestor, but cannot seize reserved fees or replace a claimed controller. Claimed controllers can still change destinations and collect directly onchain while new launches are paused.

Pons supplies the v2 factory, optional-buy forwarder, bonding curve, escrow, and pool settlement. Its upstream governance includes fee-recipient override powers. First Say’s router cannot remove those powers. Native pool fees can be swept onchain; token-conversion settlement can depend on Pons operators. The rewards UI is not an automatic settlement keeper.

Existing V3 tokens keep their original contracts, controllers, splits, and rewards flow. They are not migrated or relabeled as community launches.

First Say covers the launch fee and gas within its sponsorship limits, including gas if a launch reverts. Free launches have no opening buy. A saved request is not proof of a live token: the server checks the receipt and updates the launch screen automatically, even after a page refresh. Do not create another request while one is pending.

Launches have a separate daily spending budget and a maximum cost of $5 or 0.002 ETH per launch, whichever limit is reached first. Limits use a cushioned current ETH price and worst-case gas. One sponsored launch attempt per X account per UTC day is allowed; requests that stop before signing release their reservation. Claim setup, payout changes, and collection keep their existing rate-limited budget. Availability is not guaranteed; pausing sponsorship does not transfer or erase onchain credits. First Say cannot reverse a public blockchain deployment or guarantee returns. Community launches may be restricted for abuse or impersonation.