FAQ

#Do I need to own a repository to launch its market?

No. Anyone can launch a market for an eligible public repository. The launcher earns a limited discovery reward, but never the builder fees. See Launching.

#Can a repository have more than one market?

No. Each repository has at most one canonical market, keyed by its numeric GitHub ID. If a market exists, gitpad opens it instead of offering a new launch.

#What happens if the repository is renamed or transferred?

It keeps the same market, because its numeric ID does not change. After a transfer, the new owner's admins can claim builder fees. See Repository identity.

#How much is the trading fee?

1.75% on the bonding curve: 0.994% to builders, 0.406% to gitpad and 0.35% to the Meteora protocol. After graduation, the DAMM v2 pool fee applies instead. See Fees.

#I maintain a repository that has a market. How do I get paid?

If you have current admin permission on it, go to /builders, connect GitHub, bind a payout wallet by signing a message, and claim. Fees accrued before you joined are included. See Builders.

#Why do I need admin permission and not just write access?

Binding a payout wallet decides where a repository's earnings go, so gitpad accepts only a current admin result from GitHub, checked at each step. Write, maintain and triage permissions are not accepted.

#Does the gitpad GitHub App get access to my code?

No. It requests only repository Metadata: read, which lets gitpad identify you and check your permission. It cannot read or write code or change settings.

#Does launching mean the maintainers endorse the token?

No. A launch is not an endorsement by the maintainers or by gitpad. A token gives no ownership of the code or project. See Risks.

#What does "graduation" mean?

When the bonding curve holds 85 SOL of real reserve, the market migrates to a Meteora DAMM v2 pool with permanently locked liquidity. Trading continues there. See Graduation.

#Why is a market with high volume still far from graduating?

Graduation depends on SOL staying in the curve. Volume counts buys and sells together, and sells remove SOL from the reserve.

#Why did my minimum received differ from the estimate?

The minimum received is the quote minus a fixed 1% slippage allowance. If other trades move the price by more than that before yours lands, the trade fails instead of filling at a worse price. Price impact is separate and is already included in the quote. See Trading.

#Why does claiming discovery rewards cost SOL?

Your wallet signs the claim transaction and pays its network fee and any account setup. Builder claims are different: gitpad's signer submits them. See Discovery rewards.

#Can agents launch markets for me?

Agents can prepare a launch review link through gitpad's MCP server. Only you can approve the launch, in your own wallet. See Agents.

#Where is the $GITPAD contract address?

$GITPAD is not launched yet. Its mint address will be published on the $GITPAD page at launch. Treat any earlier claim of an official address as false.