Zora Coins Protocol
The Zora Coins Protocol is a way to participate in the new creator economy—one where users trade on attention, creativity, and cultural momentum. Every post becomes an instantly tradeable cryptocurrency token, transforming social media content into a tradeable asset.
This is the first time creators earn across posts, creators, and the platform. Open, free, and valuable.
How It Works
Every coin has a backing currency and trades through a dedicated Uniswap V4 pool with a custom hook that:
- Protects against sniping with a Sniper Tax that decays from 99% over 10 seconds
- Distributes rewards to creators, referrers, and the protocol on every trade
- Preserves liquidity by locking 20% of trading fees as permanent pool depth (Creator/Content Coins)
- Converts fees through multi-hop swaps to ensure all rewards are paid in ZORA
- Deposits initial liquidity using Doppler protocol for optimized multi-curve positioning
How Coins Work
The protocol supports three coin types, each designed for a different use case.
Creator Coins
Profile-level tokens on Zora — each account has its own coin where the username becomes the ticker ($username).
- One coin per profile - Each creator gets a single coin representing their brand
- Fixed supply - 1 billion total per coin
- 50% to creator - Automatically distributed over 5 years
- 50% tradeable - Instantly available on the open market
- Earn from every trade - Creators earn $ZORA from trade activity
- 1% trading fee - Split across creator, referrers, protocol, and LP
Content Coins
- Post-level tokens - Every post becomes an instantly tradeable coin
- Creator-backed - Uses the creator's coin as backing currency
- Instant creator allocation - 10M tokens go directly to creators at launch
- 990M tradeable - Available on the market immediately
- 1% trading fee - Same split as Creator Coins
Trend Coins
Lightweight tokens for trending topics, memes, and cultural moments — optimized for high-frequency, low-friction trading.
- Ultra-low fees - 0.01% (1 bps) trading fee, 100x lower than standard coins
- Sniper Tax - 99% fee at launch decaying linearly to 0.01% over 10 seconds
- 100% liquidity - Entire 1B supply goes into the pool, no creator allocation
- Unique tickers - Case-insensitive ticker uniqueness enforced on-chain
- Protocol fees only - All collected fees go to the protocol
Learn more in the Trend Coins documentation.
Token Supply Distribution
All coins have a 1 billion token supply with different allocation strategies:
CreatorCoin Distribution
| Allocation | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Pool | 500M tokens | Available for trading immediately |
| Creator Vesting | 500M tokens | Linear vesting over 5 years |
| Total Supply | 1B tokens | Fixed maximum supply |
ContentCoin Distribution
| Allocation | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Pool | 990M tokens | Available for trading immediately |
| Creator Reward | 10M tokens | Instant allocation to creator |
| Total Supply | 1B tokens | Fixed maximum supply |
TrendCoin Distribution
| Allocation | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Pool | 1B tokens | Full supply available for trading |
| Total Supply | 1B tokens | Fixed maximum supply |
Vesting Details: Creator coins vest linearly over 5 years, meaning creators can claim their tokens gradually using the
claimVesting()function.
Developer Resources
SDK Integration
- Getting Started - JavaScript SDK for creating and managing coins
- Create Coin - Deploy coins programmatically
- Metadata Builder - Generate valid metadata URIs
Contract Integration
- Creating a Coin - Deploy coins using the factory contract
- Contract Architecture - Deep dive into the protocol design
Protocol Information
- Coin Rewards - How automatic reward distribution works
- Earning Rewards as a Developer - How to earn referral rewards from coin creation and trading
- Metadata Standards - EIP-7572 metadata format specification