How it works
Projects that fight.
Throwdown turns every launch into a fight. Memecoins, communities and real projects launch their token, enter the daily Arena, you can call out a rival, and the winners eat the losers' fees.
Launch your project
Name, ticker, picture, links. Pick the Arena, or call out a rival. Add a bond if you want buyers to trust you.
The bell rings
Arena launches open five minutes after launch; challenges open together after the one-hour answer window. Snipers pay a tax for the first two minutes.
Rally your side
Every ETH that flows into your project moves you up the card. Bring your people.
Winner eats
At the final bell, the prize pool and battle pots buy back the winners and burn them. Then a new round starts.
How is a winner decided?
By net ETH in: every ETH spent buying a project's token counts, every ETH taken out by selling counts against it. Buying and selling back scores almost nothing, so wash trading doesn't help. The only way up the card is real money staying in your project.
Where does the prize come from?
10% of the ETH side of every token's trading fees goes to the Arena prize pool. When the round ends, the top three projects split it 50/30/20, and each share buys that project's token back and burns it, which shrinks supply for every holder.
How do challenges work?
Launch your project's token and name the ticker you're calling out. Anyone can answer in the next hour by launching theirs. Both open at the same second and fight for 24 hours; 20% of both sides' ETH fees go into a pot that buys back the winner.
Who settles rounds and fights?
Anyone. When the clock runs out, the Arena page and the fight page show a button. Whoever presses it pays the gas; the result is decided by the contract, not by us.
What's a bond?
A creator can lock ETH as a promise their wallet won't sell or move their token for 30 days. Keep it and the ETH comes back. Break it and anyone can spend the bond buying the token back and burning it.
What does it cost to launch?
Just gas, plus a bond if you choose one. Your token's pool is seeded with the token itself, so you don't need to bring ETH.
Can anyone pull the liquidity?
No. It's held by the Throwdown contract and there's no way to remove it. The owner can only change settings for future launches, never touch prize pools, pots, bonds or anyone's money.
Is this safe?
The rules are fair, but tokens are risky and most go to zero. Only use money you can afford to lose.
House rules
The Arena
Every launch fights in a 24-hour round. When the bell rings, the three projects with the most ETH flowing in win the prize pool: 50%, 30% and 20%, spent buying their tokens back and burning them.
Challenges
Call out a rival project. Whoever answers within an hour launches at the same second, and after 24 hours the side with more ETH in wins the battle pot.
Can't be faked
Scores count buys minus sells. Buying and selling back scores nothing, so the only way to win is real money staying in your project.
Bonded creators
Creators can lock ETH as a promise not to dump for 30 days. Keep it and it comes back; break it and the bond buys the token back and burns it.
Liquidity locked forever
Every token's pool is seeded with the token itself and held by the contract. There's no way to remove it. Nobody can pull the rug.
Snipers pay
At the open the fee is 50% and slides to 1% over two minutes. Bots that rush in pay heavily, and it all goes to the token's locked liquidity.