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Solana token launch checklist: authorities, metadata, liquidity and legal

By Orivions Team · October 19, 2026

Creating a token on Solana takes minutes. Launching one that buyers, exchanges and wallets trust takes weeks of preparation. Most launch-day problems, such as an active freeze authority, missing metadata or unexplained wallets holding half the supply, are decided long before the token goes live. Work through this checklist in order.

1. Token program and extensions

Choose between the original SPL Token program and Token-2022 (Token Extensions). Token-2022 adds features such as transfer fees, transfer hooks, interest-bearing balances and on-mint metadata. Extensions are powerful, but some wallets, exchanges and DeFi protocols support them only partly, so check that the venues you need accept the extensions you choose. If you do not need an extension, the simpler option is usually the safer one.

2. Authorities

• Mint authority: revoke it for a fixed supply. If you need future minting, keep it under a multisig and publish the schedule.
• Freeze authority: revoke it unless you have a specific compliance reason. Buyers and screening tools often flag an active freeze authority.
• Metadata update authority: keep it while you finalize name, symbol and image, then revoke it or move it to a multisig.
• Extension authorities (Token-2022): fee, hook and other extension authorities need the same treatment. Each one is power someone can still use.

3. Metadata

Name, symbol, decimals, image and links are what wallets and explorers show. Host the image and metadata file on durable storage, keep the symbol short and unique, and test how the token looks in the main wallets before launch. Decimals cannot be changed after the mint is created.

4. Supply, allocation and vesting

• Publish the allocation: how much goes to the team, investors, treasury, community and liquidity.
• Use vesting programs or multisigs: team and investor tokens should not sit in a single wallet one person controls.
• Label the wallets: list the addresses that hold large allocations so holders can follow them.

5. Liquidity

Decide where the token will trade, how much liquidity you will provide, at what starting price, and what happens to the LP position afterwards. Locking or burning LP tokens, or holding them in a multisig with a published policy, tells buyers that liquidity cannot be pulled overnight. Plan for price volatility in the first hours, and avoid launching with very thin liquidity.

6. Audits and security

A plain token created with the standard programs does not need its own audit. Staking, vesting, claim and airdrop programs, bonding curves and launchpads do. Get them reviewed before launch, and run through the Solana pre-launch security checklist. For choosing a reviewer, see how to choose a Solana smart contract auditor.

7. Legal review

Token rules depend on where your team, company and buyers are. A lawyer who works with crypto projects can tell you whether your token or sale could be treated as a regulated product, which countries to restrict, and what your terms and disclosures must say. Do this before you announce a sale date, not after.

8. Launch-day communication

• One official mint address: publish it on your website and social accounts, and warn about fake tokens with the same name.
• A clear launch post: time, venue, supply, authorities, allocation and links to audits.
• Support ready: moderators and answers for the questions everyone will ask in the first hour.

If you are working with an agency on the launch, read how to choose a Solana marketing agency and the red flags when hiring Web3 service providers. Paid promises of listings or guaranteed volume are a warning sign.

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