How to launch a token on Pons in one transaction
A walkthrough of creating a token, a WETH pool and a locked LP position together — and seeing the exact address before you sign.
Launching a token usually means deploying a contract, creating a pool, adding liquidity, then locking it — four steps, four chances to get something wrong. On Pons through Sherwood, it is one confirmed transaction. Here is how it works.
Start with /launch
Send /launch and Sherwood opens a single form — one message that updates as you go,
driven by inline buttons rather than a dozen back-and-forth questions. You fill in:
- Name and symbol.
- A logo, uploaded straight from Telegram. Sherwood re-hosts the image publicly so the link works everywhere the token gets listed.
- Socials, optionally — website, Twitter, Telegram, Discord, Farcaster.
See the address before you commit
This is the part we care most about. Before anything touches the chain, Sherwood shows a confirmation card with the exact contract address your token will have — computed ahead of time — along with the fixed supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, the 0.0005 ETH launch fee, and confirmation that 100% of the LP will be locked.
You are not signing a mystery. You see precisely what you are about to create, and nothing happens until you confirm.
One transaction, three things
Confirm, and a single transaction:
- Deploys your token.
- Opens a 1% fee WETH pool on Pons.
- Locks the liquidity position.
From that moment the token is live. Anyone — including you — can paste its address into Sherwood and see a full card with price, liquidity and holder data.
A note on names
Sherwood blocks token names that contain invisible or look-alike characters. That is the oldest trick for making a fake look identical to a real token, and we reject it at creation so it never reaches buyers. When you share your launch, share the contract address, not just the name — names can be copied, addresses cannot.
The full reference is in Launching a token.