What is FrictionFi?

FrictionFi is a closed-ecosystem token launchpad and trading platform built on Solana. Every token is launched, traded, and held entirely through the FrictionFi website. There are no external tools, no third-party integrations, and no way to interact with tokens outside of the platform. This eliminates bots, snipers, copy traders, and MEV extraction entirely.

Getting Started

To use FrictionFi, create an account with a username and password. Upon registration, a Solana wallet is automatically generated and assigned to your account. This wallet is used for all activity on the platform including launching tokens, swapping, and holding. There is no need to connect an external wallet.

Launching a Token

Any user can launch a token on FrictionFi. All tokens share the following properties:

• A fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens
• A starting market cap of $10,000
• A contract address that ends in "Fi" to identify it as a FrictionFi-native token

To launch, fill in the token name, ticker, description, and optional image, Twitter URL, and website URL. Specify your launch amount in SOL and click Launch Token. Your token will be live and tradeable on the platform immediately.

Fees and Buybacks

All tokens on FrictionFi are subject to a 2% fee on buys and a 5% fee on sells. Collected fees are used to execute buybacks at randomized intervals, preventing front-running and ensuring organic price support. No one, including the team, can predict when a buyback will occur.

Swapping

Tokens can only be swapped through the FrictionFi website. The swap interface supports trading between SOL and any token launched on the platform. Because all trading is routed through the website, there is no MEV extraction, no sandwich attacks, and no front-running. Every user gets the same execution environment.

Explore

The Explore section displays all tokens currently launched on FrictionFi. Browse active tokens, view their market cap, price, volume, and community details. All tokens listed are native to the platform and cannot be traded elsewhere.

Why High Friction?

Most platforms optimize for speed and accessibility. FrictionFi does the opposite on purpose. By restricting all activity to the website, the platform removes every external advantage that exists in open markets. No bundlers, no snipers, no copy trading bots, no terminal integrations. The result is a level playing field where every participant has the same tools, the same speed, and the same information. High friction means less extraction, healthier launches, and coins that hold.

Why $FRICTION Launches on pump.fun

FrictionFi is built by an independent team with no prior reputation, no VC backing, and no existing audience. Getting visibility for a new launchpad through organic marketing alone is an uphill battle, which is why we made the deliberate decision to launch our native token $FRICTION on pump.fun despite it being the very type of environment we are building an alternative to.

Pump.fun offers the fairest and most transparent launch mechanics available today — no presales, no team allocations, and a bonding curve that every trader already understands and trusts. Launching $FRICTION on our own unproven platform would undermine that trust before we've had the chance to earn it.

This is a temporary measure. Once FrictionFi has gained traction and the platform is fully operational, $FRICTION will migrate to FrictionFi's own launchpad mechanics on a publicly announced date. From that point forward, the token will operate entirely within the FrictionFi ecosystem, subject to the same closed-environment rules as every other token on the platform.

Our priority has always been to build something that protects regular traders from the extraction that dominates open markets. We believe FrictionFi is one step closer to saving the trenches, and launching on pump.fun is simply the most honest way to get there.

Security

Your wallet is tied to your FrictionFi account and secured by your login credentials. Do not share your username or password with anyone. FrictionFi does not support external wallet connections, which means your tokens cannot be drained through malicious transaction approvals or phishing sites.

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