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What is Clanker?
Clanker is a token launcher, mostly on Base: tag @clanker in a Farcaster cast or use clanker.world, and it deploys an ERC-20 with its own Uniswap v4 pool.
How does Clanker work?
Clanker went live in November 2024 as an AI agent on Farcaster. You tag @clanker in a cast with a name and a ticker, and it deploys the token on Base. It caught on fast: within three weeks Base set a record of 11.4 million transactions in a day, and the launch spree got much of the credit. You can also launch from the clanker.world site or its SDK.
There is no bonding curve. Each token has a fixed 100 billion supply, and no more can ever be minted. All of it, minus whatever the creator sets aside in a vault (up to 30%), goes into a Uniswap v4 pool as single-sided liquidity, paired with WETH by default. A bot deployment starts at a market cap of 10 WETH. The pool's liquidity position sits in a locker with no withdraw function, so it stays there for good, and the creator earns trading fees instead: 80% of the pool's fees on a bot deployment.
Locked liquidity closes off the oldest rug, the creator pulling the pool. It does nothing about who holds the supply. Clanker v4 deployments can add sniper defenses, such as a pool that cannot be traded for its first two blocks or a fee that starts as high as 80% and decays within two minutes. None of that limits what the creator keeps in a vault or buys early from other wallets.
With ETH at a hypothetical $4,000, a 10 WETH start puts a brand-new token at a $40,000 market cap before anyone has bought. So a Clanker cap in the tens of thousands tells you nothing about demand on its own. The 24h volume and the holder list do.
Also called: @clanker, clanker.world, Clanker bot.
Where does Clanker show up in Cashboard?
Switch Base launches to Clanker and it lists Clanker's newest Base launches, up to 20, the most its API returns in one request. Rows name the creator by handle or wallet and end in pool liquidity rather than a holder count, so weigh that liquidity and the 24h volume against the cap. Market figures come from the most liquid DexScreener pair where one exists, with Clanker's own numbers as the fallback, and a cap Clanker reports under $100 is treated as a placeholder and dropped.
Frequently asked questions
How do you launch a token with Clanker?
Tag @clanker in a Farcaster cast with the token's name and ticker, or use the form on clanker.world. A bot deployment goes to Base with a 100 billion supply and a Uniswap v4 pool paired with WETH. Cashboard only reads the results and cannot launch anything.
Can a Clanker token be rugged?
Not by pulling the pool, since the liquidity position is locked for good. It can still be dumped. A creator vault, bundled early buys or snipers can hold much of the supply, so check the top holders before you trust the chart.
Where can you read more about Clanker?
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