NearBowlFeed it, or it dies.

Try one cycle

One coin, from faucet to farewell

Four steps, with the cost written down before you start. The walkthrough uses 10 tUSDC to launch and 1 tUSDC to feed. The faucet hands out 100 tUSDC, so one mint covers the whole cycle. tUSDC is play money.

What this cycle spends

Faucet
100 tUSDC, once a minute. First tap also spends 0.00125 NEAR to register.
Launch
10 tUSDC seed (minimum 1). Plus 0.06 NEAR of factory storage. No launch fee. Timer starts at 24h.
Feed
At least 1 tUSDC. This factory adds 6m of life per USDC, up to a cap of 48h–72h. A 1% fee is split between the bowl, the protocol, and the creator.
Sell or claim
Sell any time the coin is alive. The payout slides toward a pro-rata share as it gets hungry, then a 1% fee, with a 2% minimum. A claim waits until death: about 24h after launch if nobody feeds it again. The creator's seed claim is cut in half. Bought tokens are not.

Times show the public factory plan (24 hours, 6 minutes per USDC, 48–72 hour cap) until the factory view loads.

  1. 1

    Take 100 tUSDC

    Connect a testnet wallet, then use the faucet. You need about 11 tUSDC for the steps below. The faucet gives 100, and it only mints once a minute. The first call registers your account for 0.00125 NEAR and mints in the same approval.

    Meteor, MyNearWallet, HOT, or Intear, with the network set to testnet. A free account from MyNearWallet testnet is enough, and it usually arrives with a little NEAR for storage.

    100 tUSDC, at most once a minute. Registration costs 0.00125 NEAR once.

  2. 2

    Launch with 10 tUSDC

    The seed becomes the whole pool. There is no launch fee. You receive claim-only seed tokens, and the timer starts at 24h. Factory storage is 0.06 NEAR, paid once. The minimum seed on this factory is 1 tUSDC. The form is filled with 10.

    Launch a coin

    If the alive list is empty, that is normal. Launch this one and it shows up while the timer is still running.

  3. 3

    Feed it with 1 tUSDC

    Buying is feeding. 1 tUSDC adds about 6m on this factory, as long as your feeding bucket is not full. Buys under 1 tUSDC can still mint tokens, but they do not add time. The coin page shows the tokens, the fee split, and the 2% minimum before the wallet opens.

    Open the bowl
  4. 4

    Sell while it lives, or claim after it rests

    A sale pays the hunger-adjusted amount, then takes a 1% fee. It never pays more than the curve and never less than a pro-rata share. The confirm step shows both numbers and the 2% minimum.

    A claim is only available after death. If you launch and do not feed again, that is about 24h from the start. Feeding stretches it, up to the 48h–72h cap. Holders split what is left. That is not a refund. If you are the creator, the seed portion of the claim is cut in half and the other half goes to the protocol.

    Open your coin