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Overview

Firstlook is a live feed of every token launched on pons, the launchpad on Robinhood Chain. For each launch it shows who launched it and how, a score out of seven, and the buys and sells on its bonding curve so far. Everything is read from the chain by your browser; there is no Firstlook server in between.

Where the data comes from

Launches: the LAUNCHED events of the pons factory 0x7eD5…EC7e, which give the token, its curve and its creator.
Launch details: each launch transaction is decoded. Launches through the pons router (launchAndBuy) or the factory (launchToken) carry the name, symbol, image, description, links, creator tax and the creator's first buy. Launches made through other contracts show only the name and symbol, read from the token.
Trades: every Buy and Sell event on the curves in the window, giving buys, sells, distinct buyers and ETH in and out.

The feed covers the last hour of launches, about 75 of them, and refreshes every 15 seconds by reading only the new blocks. Robinhood Chain makes close to 10 blocks a second.

The score

The score counts how many of seven signals a launch has. The signals come from our study of 1,797 pons launches over 24 hours, in which a group of 44 wallets bought into at least 2% of all launches and made 28% of all buys. The share of launches those wallets bought into:

Launched through the pons router	66% vs 29% through the factory
Creator's first buy of 0.02 ETH or more	77% vs 32% with no first buy
X link set	63% vs 37% without
Website set	counted as one signal
Description written	62% vs 47% without
Creator tax 3% or lower	55 to 70% vs about 40% above 3%
Creator's only launch in the window	62% for one a day vs 24% for six or more

A high score means a launch looks like the ones those wallets picked. It says nothing about whether the token will hold value; most launches still go to zero.

Buying

The buy box quotes the curve with a simulated buy(ethIn, 0, you), then sends buy(ethIn, minOut, you) from your wallet with the minimum set from that quote and your slippage (10, 15 or 30%). Curves priced in USDG and graduated tokens are flagged instead of quoted. Firstlook takes no fee; the pons fee and the creator's tax apply as on pons itself.

Risks

New pons tokens are extremely risky. Creators can sell, bots can dump, and liquidity is thin.
The public RPC sometimes rate-limits; the feed retries and catches up from the last block it read.

Token

The Firstlook token launches on pons. Its address will be listed here and on the home page.