How to create a memecoin

A memecoin is usually a permissionless ERC-20: a contract with a name, a ticker, a supply, and no claim on cash flow, no company behind it, and nobody who owes the holder anything. Creating one is a deployment, not a business. The deploy is the easy part, it costs a few cents of gas, and most of what gets deployed goes to zero.

Robinhood Chain is permissionless, so anyone can put a contract on it. That is a property of the network, not an endorsement of what lands there. Background: Robinhood Chain. Koi is not Robinhood and does not run a launchpad — see Koi.

This page is an explanation of a mechanism. It is not an offer of securities, not a solicitation, and not a guide to routing around securities law. If a token is marketed as an investment in a company or a share of its profits, that is a different legal object with different rules, and this page is not about it.

What you need first

Wallet setup is its own page: add Robinhood Chain to MetaMask. Getting ETH onto the chain is a separate step again, and a slower one — how bridging works, or bridge ETH to Robinhood Chain for gas. A deployer wallet with a zero balance cannot do anything, which is the correct place to discover you have not bridged yet.

The steps, at the level that is useful

1. Add the network to a wallet yourself. Chain ID 4663, ETH, the RPC above.
2. Fund the deployer with ETH for gas. Bridge it, do not accept it from a stranger.
3. Deploy an ERC-20 — either through a well-known token tool you have read the terms of, or from your own contract that you or someone competent has reviewed.
4. Verify the source on the explorer so anyone can read what they are buying: Robinhood Chain explorer. An unverified contract is a contract asking to be trusted on vibes.
5. Liquidity, if there is going to be any, is a separate decision with separate risk. It is also where most of the money is lost.

We are not publishing contract source here, and we are not going to explain how to bury a mint function, tilt a launch, or trade against the people who buy it. That material exists elsewhere and the people writing it are usually not on your side.

Liquidity is the expensive part

A deployed token with no pool has no price. Creating a pool means putting real ETH beside the supply, and that ETH is now exposed to everyone who trades against it. Locking it, keeping it, or pulling it are all choices someone can see onchain, and pulling it has a name and, increasingly, consequences. Deployment costs gas. Liquidity costs money.

A launchpad is a factory, not the chain

Memecoin launchpads showed up in search the week Robinhood Chain got loud. A launchpad is a factory contract with a front end: it deploys a standard token and sometimes seeds a pool. It is not official infrastructure, it is not part of the network, and appearing next to a chain’s name does not make it endorsed by anyone. Read whose contract it is, who can upgrade it, and what fee it keeps, before it holds your ETH.

What actually goes wrong

Add the network manually rather than clicking a prompt someone sent you, and check the chain ID is 4663 before signing anything.

A memecoin is not a stock token

Robinhood Stock Tokens are issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited and described in Robinhood’s own documents as tokenised debt securities. They track an underlying share or ETF without giving legal or beneficial rights in it, they are not registered under US securities law, and they may not be offered or sold to US persons. Details: Robinhood Stock Tokens and tokenized stocks.

An ERC-20 that someone deployed and named “AAPL” is none of that. It is a token with a string in it. Anybody can pick that string, on any permissionless chain, for the price of gas.

Questions people actually type

How do I create a memecoin on Robinhood Chain?

Add chain ID 4663 to a wallet, fund it with ETH for gas, deploy an ERC-20 with a well-known tool or your own reviewed contract, and verify the source on the explorer. Liquidity is a separate decision.

How much does it cost?

Deployment is gas, paid in ETH, and it is the cheapest line item. Liquidity, review, and anything resembling marketing are not.

Is a memecoin the same as a Robinhood Stock Token?

No. A stock token has an issuer, a prospectus, and restrictions on who may hold it. A memecoin has a deployer and a ticker.

Does Koi run a launchpad?

No. Koi built a DeFi protocol on zkSync that has since been sunset, and currently publishes notes. There is no Koi token factory and no announced Koi product on Robinhood Chain.

Sources

• About Robinhood Chain
• Connecting to Robinhood Chain
• Stock Tokens

Questions