Crowrise — How it works

Create a project

Open Create Project (sidebar → For Creators) and work through three steps. Earlier steps unlock the next; you finish by publishing the listing everyone sees in the explorer.

Step I

Project basics

Category. Pick Free-for-all (memes, culture, experiments) or Technology (projects with real functionality)—this labels how the listing reads.
Identity. Project name, ticker (up to four characters), and a short description (capped length so listings stay scannable).
Social proof. X (Twitter) link or handle and a website are required so people can verify it’s you.
Optional. GitHub, Telegram, Discord, and a documentation path on your own domain (we only link docs under your site—no random file hosts).

Step II

Token image

Upload a square image (PNG, JPEG, WebP, or GIF)—same width and height (e.g. 500×500). It’s the face of the token in the explorer and on-chain visuals.

Step III

Tokenomics — funding tier & vesting

This is where you set the rules backers see before they send SOL.

Crowrise funding type (pick one)

Instant Claim window every 1.5 minutes

Standard Claim window every 15 minutes

Staggered Claim window every 1 hour

“Faster” tiers mean backers can attempt claims more often; pick what matches how hands-on you want releases to be.

Vesting per claim window

Choose what percentage of each investor’s allocation becomes claimable each time a window opens. Options in the form:

10%
20%
25%
50%
100%

Example: 25% with a steady tier means four windows to unlock a backer’s full allocation (see allocation tools in the app for estimates).

Token lock / vesting path

New listings use Streamflow for token vesting. Creators send a prepay (about 0.25 SOL) to the project funding wallet and verify that transaction in My projects. Until Crowrise confirms it, the Explorer does not show the funding address—so backers are not nudged to contribute before the lock is covered. The funding tier and vesting % you choose here still define the schedule; after launch, that schedule is enforced on-chain via Streamflow (backers claim in the Streamflow app). Crowrise disperser claims (in-app, platform-held payouts) are paused for new projects while we prioritize this Streamflow-first path and community trust.

Finalize Project submits the listing. After that, the project appears in the explorer with these terms locked in.

After you publish

Once the card is live, creators complete Streamflow prepay when required, then backers fund; the auto-launch countdown runs, and distribution follows the schedule you set in Step III (Streamflow app for new listings).

Funding & your share

For Streamflow listings, the funding wallet is shown only after the creator’s prepay is verified in My projects. Then contributions go to that published address; Crowrise verifies transfers so everyone’s share of the raise is on the record.
Your share of the funded SOL is proportional—e.g. 1 SOL into a 10 SOL pool ≈ 10% of that community raise (curve token math is separate; this is the raise split).
Pool totals update in the explorer as verified SOL comes in.

Launch (pump.fun) & what happens to tokens

When the countdown hits zero (and launch rules pass), Crowrise spends deployable SOL from the funding wallet in a coordinated pump.fun-style go-live: about 90% buys the new project’s token; about 10% buys $CROW and burns it in the same launch sequence when that leg is enabled—see The $CROW token (final %s and fee reserve subject to implementation).
Streamflow listings (default today): After mint, allocations are streamed to backers via Streamflow on the schedule you published; claims happen in the Streamflow app, not Crowrise’s old disperser claim UI.
Crowrise disperser path (paused for new listings): Tokens could route to a platform disperser wallet for in-app scheduled claims—we may bring this back later for teams that have already earned trust.

Claims & fees

Streamflow projects: Unlocks follow the cadence and % you published, enforced in Streamflow—so the whole allocation does not dump in one block on day one.
Crowrise disperser (legacy / paused for new projects): In-app explorer claims when that path is available again.
When a launch earns pump.fun creator fees, you’ll be able to claim via API with the funding wallet tied to the project and forward to a payout address you choose.

You can already check allocations and verified SOL in Crowrise; Streamflow-backed projects use Open Streamflow on the explorer when your stream is ready.

How it works

Create a project

After you publish

Funding & your share

Launch (pump.fun) & what happens to tokens

Claims & fees

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