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# Launchpad Benefits

## Ethereum Launchpad Comparison

| Feature                           | Steakhouse                                                                        | Klik                                                                              | Livo                                                                              |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| LAUNCHPAD                         | <p><img src="/files/QvV8tvu1v6fd5WPAKUf5" alt="" data-size="original"></p><p></p> | <p></p><p><img src="/files/FymemPw6hcemxi8hBFaN" alt="" data-size="original"></p> | <p><img src="/files/7mrSuFuSarlcXOoOC3WX" alt="" data-size="original"></p><p></p> |
| Bonding Curve                     | Yes ✅ 1% fee                                                                      | No ❌                                                                              | Yes ✅  1% fee                                                                     |
| V4 Tokens                         | Yes ✅                                                                             | Yes ✅                                                                             | Yes ✅                                                                             |
| V2 Tokens                         | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | Yes ✅                                                                             |
| Graduation Fees                   | 0.1e                                                                              | N/A                                                                               | 0.2e                                                                              |
| LP fees                           | 20%                                                                               | 60%                                                                               | 50%                                                                               |
| Buy / Sell tax                    | Up to 20% On curve. 0-5% V2 , 0-5% V4                                             | 1%                                                                                | 0 - 4% only 14 days                                                               |
| Custom MCAP                       | Yes $36k - $500k                                                                  | 4 hard coded tiers only                                                           | Not Configurable                                                                  |
| Token Types                       | 4 curve, 2 ERC-20s, 1 V4                                                          | 1 type                                                                            | 2 types                                                                           |
| Stealth Routing & Private Deploys | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| Limits                            | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| MaxWallet                         | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| Customization                     | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| Security                          | Certik                                                                            | N/A                                                                               | Sherlock                                                                          |
| Anti Bot / Sniper                 | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| API / SDK                         | Yes ✅                                                                             | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              |
| Telegram Bot & Buybot             | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| LP                                | Creator managed 75% recoverable / Burn Option                                     | Burned                                                                            | Burned                                                                            |
| Vanity Salts Custom               | Yes ✅                                                                             | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              |
| X tag to launch                   | Yes ✅                                                                             | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |
| Fee Claim                         | Bonding Curve & v2 Auto sent in ETH, v4 claim                                     | Claim                                                                             | Claim                                                                             |
| Anti-PVP                          | Yes ✅ only Unique NAME / TICKER  combo allowed                                    | No ❌                                                                              | No ❌                                                                              |

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## General Launchpad Comparison Framework

| Feature / Platform                            | ![](/files/wIV2B3OMQcgcX21u6wDE)**Steakhouse**                                                                                                                         | ![](/files/Pvzbpi46aA3DsFeEZyOy)**PumpFun**                                                                      | ![](/files/wTXGWlfJnl9qPko0B3I7)**LetsBONK**                                                                   | ![](/files/gUeIRVNFjOS3MK68vdOd)**FourMeme**                                                  | ![](/files/Dv2fb0rtiXmHuuwhbY5n)**Clanker**                                   |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Virtual Liquidity                             | ✅ Bonding curve & Direct                                                                                                                                               | ✅ Bonding curve                                                                                                  | ✅ Bonding curve                                                                                                | ✅ Bonding curve                                                                               | ✅ Direct                                                                      |
| Deployment Cost                               | ✅ $1                                                                                                                                                                   | ✅ free                                                                                                           | ⚠️  0.02 SOL ($2.80)                                                                                           | ⚠️  0.005 BNB ($4.80)                                                                         | ✅ free                                                                        |
| Creator Revenue                               | ✅ Curve tax up to 20%, and post curve tax for tax tokens up to 5% once graduated to V2                                                                                 | ✅  50% of 1% trading fee                                                                                         | ❌ None direct point based system                                                                               | ❌ None                                                                                        | ⚠️ 1-3%                                                                       |
| Tax, Limits, Distribution control             | ✅ Up to 20% curve tax, wallet limits, maxtx                                                                                                                            | ❌  None                                                                                                          | ❌  None                                                                                                        | ❌  None                                                                                       | ⚠️ Partially, sniper tax and pool trading tax, no trading / wallet limits     |
| Graduation mcap                               | ✅ $36K - 500k custom                                                                                                                                                   | ❌  Fixed                                                                                                         | ❌  Fixed                                                                                                       | ❌  Fixed                                                                                      | ⚠️ Partially, preset ranges                                                   |
| Token Types Supported                         | ✅ 4 Curve types, limits, tax, dynamic decay, static limits and tax and simple. 2 Graduation types TAX, NO-TAX & direct v4 pools                                        | ❌  1 type                                                                                                        | ❌  1 type                                                                                                      | ❌  1 type                                                                                     | ❌  2 type UNI-V3 / v4                                                         |
| Stealth / Hidden deploys                      | ✅ Hidden on-chain deploys, virtual sharable stealth ID's                                                                                                               | ❌  None                                                                                                          | ❌  None                                                                                                        | ❌  None                                                                                       | ❌  None                                                                       |
| Customizable Profiles MP3, and color branding | ✅  Color palette and theme applied tokens and mp3 soundtracks available                                                                                                | ❌  None                                                                                                          | ❌  None                                                                                                        | ❌  None                                                                                       | ❌  None                                                                       |
| Multi-Chain Support                           | ETH Native                                                                                                                                                             | SOL only                                                                                                         | SOL only                                                                                                       | BSC only                                                                                      | BASE, ARB, UNICHAIN, ETH + more                                               |
| Widgets & Supporting Features                 | Holder data, user analytics, limit orders, lockers, social share, chat, explorer filter, telegram launcher / trader / buybot, AI helper, API for launching and trading | Trending tokens, live bonding-curve price view, instant buy/sell UI, and creator fee tracking via Project Ascend | Public revenue dashboards, creator earnings tracking, auto-DEX graduation, and protocol-level analytics pages. | Basic token creation and listing with no advanced analytics, dashboards, or embedded widgets. | Bot-based token creation, Uniswap V3 /V4 automation with community analytics. |
| Marketing / Launch Support                    | ✅  Full launch support and planning, web and branding and KOL manager allocation for projects                                                                          | ✅  Huge userbase and website traffic, trending section                                                           | ⚠️ Partial tweets from main account                                                                            | ⚠️ Partial tweets from main account                                                           | ⚠️ Partial trending tokens on site and highlights                             |
| Annual Protocol Revenue                       | $ ???                                                                                                                                                                  | [$825m](https://defillama.com/protocol/pump.fun)                                                                 | [$65.33m](https://defillama.com/protocol/letsbonk.fun)                                                         | [$71.72m](https://defillama.com/protocol/four.meme)                                           | [$36.56m](https://defillama.com/protocol/clanker)                             |
| Holder Revenue Share                          | ✅ 20% revenue kickback to $STEAK holders p/m in hard cash ($USDT)                                                                                                      | ⚠️ 50% Indirect via buybacks of $PUMP                                                                            | ⚠️ 30% buyback and burn $BONK                                                                                  | ❌  Ecosystem support                                                                          | ⚠️ 40% buyback and burn $CLANKER                                              |
| Token ATH Market Cap                          | $ ???                                                                                                                                                                  | [$3b](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/pump-fun)                                                               | [$4b](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bonk)                                                                 | [$1.5b](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/four)                                              | [$130m](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/tokenbot-2)                        |

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### Gas Cost Comparison

| **Action**          | <p><strong>Direct Deploy</strong></p><p>(Uniswap V2 route)</p> | **SteakHouse** | **Klik**        |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| Deploy No Tax Token | 1M – 2M Gas                                                    | 550K Gas       | 6M – 7M Gas     |
| Deploy Tax Token    | 5.5M – 8M Gas                                                  | 580K Gas       | –               |
| Buy No Tax Token    | 140K – 180K Gas                                                | 120K Gas       | 150K – 180K Gas |
| Sell No Tax Token   | 100K – 160K Gas                                                | 65K Gas        | 140K – 160K Gas |
| Buy Tax Token       | 180K Gas                                                       | 120K Gas       | –               |
| Sell Tax Token      | 200K Gas                                                       | 120K Gas       | –               |

SteakHouse dramatically reduces deployment and trading expenses compared to traditional launchpads:

* 10–25% lower trading fees: typically $0.10–$0.25 per trade.
* 15–20× cheaper deployments: 1,500–2,000% reduction in gas costs for tokens with taxes, limits, and advanced ERC-20 logic thanks to our Virtual Bonding Curve environment, while still enabling seamless graduation to UNI-V2.

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## Unique Selling Points

### Creator Benefits

* Stealth launches with hidden contract addresses
* Same-transaction mint, airdrop, and LP creation
* Custom max-wallet and max-transaction limits for distribution
* Choose your graduation mcap ($36k–$500k)
* Ultra-low deploy gas (\~400k–600k)
* Dynamic tax curves or zero-tax profiles
* Up to 20% curve tax + 5% graduation tax (treasury funding)
* LP lock or controlled unlock (up to 75% back to creators)
* Virtual router = cheap trading
* API deploys + bot trading (automate everything)
* Real marketing engine: trending, boosts, listings
* Raises marketing funds automatically from the curve
* No need for upfront liquidity capital

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### Investor Benefits

* Un-snipeable listings, no bots, no MEV frontrunning
* Fair distribution via enforced maxTx/maxWallet
* Clean organic charts
* No tax sell pressure (ETH captured per trade not sold on chart)
* Locked or burned LP at graduation
* Automatic graduation to real LP
* Unified explorer + analytics for safer discovery
* Early trades are cheaper via virtual routing
* Guarantees equal start conditions for every investor

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### Only Available on SteakHouse

* Hidden contract address stealth deploys built into the protocol
* Virtual Storage to real token graduation system
* Code-enforced fair-launch rules
* Tax's and Limits
* Full creator terminal + curve dashboard in one place
* On-chain 1 tx graduation flow with anti-snipe protection
* SteakTech Telegram bot for on-the-go deploy and trading and buybot
* Pro-grade explorer with filters, analytics and routing
* In house holder data filtering
* Custom buybot and trader
* AI-Helper agent bot
* Auto-branding and mp3 soundtrack support for curve tokens
* KOL manager allocation and development support for Utility projects
