Templates, fees, and rewards
A Black Market Launcher template is a permanent plan for a token's market economics. Before a launch, it fixes the token kind, the market-fee assets that can be active, the permitted destinations for those fees, and whether the launch includes a staking or holder-dividend reward program. Choosing a template is therefore a choice about what creators, holders, and traders can expect after the market opens.
Current launch templates
| Template | Token kind and rewards | Market-fee outcome |
|---|---|---|
| standard | Burnable token; no rewards program. | Paired-asset fees go to the fee owner. In a Beacon market, launched-token fees also go to the fee owner. |
| quote-staking | Burnable token with staking rewards. | Paired-asset fees can be divided between the fee owner and staking rewards. |
| quote-dividends | Holder Dividend token with holder rewards. | Paired-asset fees can be divided between the fee owner and holder dividends. |
| dual-staking | Burnable token with staking rewards. | Launched-token fees can go to the fee owner, staking rewards, or a permanent burn. Paired-asset fees can go to the fee owner or staking rewards. |
| dual-dividends | Holder Dividend token with holder rewards. | Launched-token fees can go to the fee owner, holder dividends, or a permanent burn. Paired-asset fees can go to the fee owner or holder dividends. |
| fee-burn | Burnable token; no rewards program. | Launched-token fees are burned permanently in full. |
The template names and their economic rules are fixed at launch. A creator cannot later turn a standard launch into a reward launch, add a new fee destination, or recover a fee allocation that was committed to burning.
How fees are expressed
Current launch templates use one of two oracle-aware market profiles:
| Profile | User-visible fee behavior | Templates that can use it |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon | Fees are charged in the input token, with truncated market history. | standard, dual-staking, and dual-dividends |
| Lighthouse | Fees are charged in the market's designated quote token, with truncated market history. | standard, quote-staking, quote-dividends, and fee-burn |
These profiles define fee behavior and market observations. They do not establish a USD price, verify an asset's backing, or make a token safe collateral.
The standard template is the only profile-dependent choice: its paired asset has an active fee flow in either profile, while its launched-token fee flow is active only with Beacon. The fee-burn template uses the launched token as the market's quote side, unlike the other templates. Its price display can therefore have the opposite direction; users should check the market display carefully before trading.
Allocations are chosen once
For every active fee asset, the creator chooses a complete allocation among the destinations allowed by the template. A paired asset cannot be burned through these templates; an irreversible burn is available only for the launched token where the template permits it.
For a Uniswap V4 launch, the launch-specific protocol share is taken from hook fees before the template allocation applies. The permanently locked 1% Abyss side position is separate: its fees accrue to the protocol-controlled Abyss Bonus Distributor rather than to any template destination or creator reward stream. The Bonus Distributor's owner can move or deploy those accumulated assets.
The creator begins as the fee owner for any owner allocation. A later transfer of fee ownership changes future owner allocations, not amounts already credited to the prior owner. A protocol administrative override exists for abandoned fee ownership, which is a material administrative risk for creators and holders to understand.
What rewards mean for holders
Staking and holder-dividend templates distribute allocated market fees in seven-day reward streams. Those streams are funded only when the market earns fees and the selected allocation directs them to rewards. They are not a guaranteed yield, a deposit match, or an entitlement to a particular return.
Holder-dividend eligibility and staking participation are different. Holder dividends are for eligible token balances; staking rewards require participation in the staking program. See Token kinds and rewards for the public consequences of each choice.
Choose for the full life of the launch
Templates, fee destinations, token orientation, and the launch-owned liquidity lock are permanent choices. Market activity can be low or absent, rewards may never be funded, and permanent burns cannot be reversed. Consider price volatility, liquidity, smart-contract risk, and the credibility of the paired asset before launching or acquiring a token.