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What is a fair launch?

A fair launch has no presale and no reserved allocation: everyone buys from the same pool at the same time. What that proves, and what it does not.

319 words · about 1 minute·Article updated 20 August 2026
Definition

A fair launch is a token launch with no presale, no private allocation and no reserved team tranche: everyone buys from the same pool at the same time. Supply and the opening pool are on-chain from the first block.

The mechanism makes it checkable. When a token is minted, pooled and — where the launcher chooses — locked in one transaction, there is no window between creation and public trading in which supply could move elsewhere. The deployment transaction shows where supply went.

It says nothing about what follows — who buys first, how deep the pool is, what the team does next.

A lock guarantees exactly one thing: the pool cannot be withdrawn before the release date. Not the price, not the team, not the token. A locked pool can still fall.
Where you'll see it on Locksley

Locked at birth lists tokens whose liquidity lock was created with the pool — pending in the last 24 hours. Where a page shows no lock, read the label: "No lock found" means we found none — not that none exists. Locksley does not yet index every locker.

The free route fits fair launches first: MintPlus mints, pools and locks in one transaction, free as of August 2026 — standard lock fee waived, gas paid in ETH. Team Finance is our sister product, so take the disclosure with the price. Launch free with MintPlus is the walkthrough, how to launch a token on Robinhood Chain the wider decision set, and launch a token the tool.

Frequently asked questions

Is a fair launch the same as a locked launch?

No. A fair launch describes distribution: no presale, no reserved allocation, one pool everyone buys from. A locked launch describes what happened to the liquidity position afterward, held in a lock contract until a stated release timestamp. A launch can be one, both or neither, each verified from different on-chain state.

“No lock found” means we found none, not that none exists: we do not index other lockers yet, and it is never a claim about the project.

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