Pools
Pools for existing tokens
Open a hooked pool for a token that already trades: limits, fees and risks.
A launch creates a new token. A pool doesn't: it gives a token that already trades on Robinhood Chain (a community coin, a token from another launchpad) a new Uniswap v4 pool that runs Robin Hook modules. Same hook code, same rules, its own contracts. Open one from Pool an existing token.
Who can open a pool
Anyone, for any ERC-20 with a readable supply. The wallet that opens the pool is its creator: it picks the hooks and the fees, and it earns the creator fee. One token can have several pools, against different quote assets or with different rules (up to 1,000 per pair). The quote assets are the ones the protocol allows, such as ETH, USDG and $HOOK.
Fees
| What | How much | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Open fee | An ETH amount shown in the form; it steps up every 10 pools of the same pair | Protocol (anti-spam) |
| Protocol fee | Fixed 0.3% of every trade | Protocol |
| Creator fee | Set by the opener, 0% to 1% | The pool’s creator |
| Base pool fee | 0.05%, 0.30% or 1.00% (1% at most) | Liquidity providers |
| Module cuts | As configured, within the hook’s limits (pots at most 2%) | Pots, LP rewards, burns… |
The creator fee is capped at 1% here, against 10% on a launch: the opener of a pool is often not the token's team, so the lane keeps what a stranger can charge small. For the same reason a pot nobody wins goes to the protocol, not to the pool's creator.
Which hooks work
A token Robin Hook did not deploy never calls the hook when it is transferred. Modules that depend on that callback (King of the Hill, max per wallet, buyer rewards, hot potato, holder dividends) are refused when a pool opens. Curve anti-snipe and the modules built around a 1-billion supply market cap are not offered either. What is left:
- Auto burn
- Dynamic fee
- Last-buyer pot
- LP rewards
- Market hours (sells always open)
- Market hours
- MEV shield
- Nth-buy pot
- Sell tax decay
- Volatility fee
- Whale guard
Tithe and referral are not offered here: they would let an opener send more of every trade to addresses of their choice than the 1% creator cap allows. Buyback and auto-LP are left out too, because their recovery paths only reach a token's newest pool, and one token can have many pools.
Hooks are frozen when the pool opens, up to 8 per pool, exactly as on a launch. See Hooks for what each one does.
Liquidity
A pool opens at a price you set (the form suggests one from the token's existing markets). The first liquidity is added in the same transaction and is required on both sides, so no pool opens empty. Liquidity is full range only, because the hook refuses narrower positions. Every deposit is a normal Uniswap v4 position NFT owned by whoever added it, removable at any time. Nothing is locked.
Empty and thin pools
Badges and impersonation
Because anyone can open a pool for any token, a pool says nothing about who is behind the token. Each pool page shows one badge:
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Verified | Marked by the Robin Hook Safe as opened by or for the token’s team |
| Opened by token team | The creator is the token contract’s owner() |
| Community pool | Anyone else. The creator fee goes to that wallet, not to the project |
Always check the token address against the project's own channels. A pool can pair a look-alike token with a familiar name and symbol; the address is the only thing that can't be copied.