# What is SteakHouse?
> SteakHouse is a modular on-chain “kitchen” that lets anyone create, launch, and grow tokens automatically, no coding required. It replaces the outdated approach of manual liquidity, upfront funding, and rigid token logic with a fully automated system powered by virtual bonding curves and seamless graduation into real ERC-20s or by alternatively launching direct tokens with Uniswap-V4 Liquidity. This system handles everything from price discovery and tax-driven marketing funds to liquidity creation with zero initial capital.
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[Problem / Solution](/getting-started/what-is-steakhouse/problem-solution.md)
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[Ecosystem Overview](/getting-started/what-is-steakhouse/ecosystem-overview.md)
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[Launchpad Benefits](/getting-started/what-is-steakhouse/launchpad-benefits.md)
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[Supported Chains](/getting-started/what-is-steakhouse/supported-chains.md)
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[Revenue Streams](/getting-started/what-is-steakhouse/revenue-streams.md)
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### Fully Customizable
Most launchpads rely on fixed V3 / V4 pools or simple bonding-curve templates with little or no customization. SteakHouse is the opposite - fully customizable from the ground up. Choose your graduation market cap, launch timing, launch dynamics, earnings, token types and stealth settings that completely hide the token’s creation event from the blockchain until you intentionally reveal it. This eliminates snipers and bots, enabling private, controlled launches for trusted communities instead of chaotic public free-for-alls.
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### Taxes & Limits / MaxWallet
SteakHouse token types support configurable taxes, max-wallet rules, max-transaction limits, and automatic tax decay, ensuring fair distribution during the curve phase. Projects can raise development, marketing, and treasury funds directly through curve transactions without clogging the chart with post-launch sell pressure. ETH is captured per trade at the router level, keeping flows clean from day one.
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### Cheap Deployment & Trading Fees
With our virtual router and virtual storage architecture, deployment and early trading costs are reduced by 1,500%–2,000%, bringing tax-token deployments down from 6–10M gas to just 400k–600k. Early trades remain extremely cheap because transactions update lightweight virtual state during the curve phase until the token graduates into a full ERC-20 using the ETH raised.
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### True Stealth Launches
SteakHouse supports single-transaction graduations where ERC-20 minting, buyer airdrops, price action, and LP creation all occur simultaneously. This prevents pre-sniping and ensures that every listing is fair, stealthy, and free of manipulation, giving every participant an equal starting opportunity.
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### Direct V4 Route
SteakHouse now also supports direct V4 pool creations with customizable 0 - 5% liquidity fees for direct one click launches for developers not requiring full customization and controll that the V2 bonding curve offers.
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