Comparison

But why do we need one more token launchpad?

Good question, but Rush is not equal to others because of its unique properties:

• Although Solana is incredible, the EVM stack is much more mature.

• Out of all EVM chains, Base is the absolute winner in terms of gas costs, ecosystem, as well as their approach to projects on top of it.

• Bonding-curve projects are not broadly discoverable without specific integrations, which is not an issue for Pump or Moonshot from DexScreener, but users need to know about them and visit their website to trade.

• Bonding-curve projects also incur hefty trading fees of around 1% on average, which do not come back to the trading pool; the same issue applies to non-bonding curve projects like g8keep.

• Non-bonding-curve projects like WAGMI could be discoverable because of launches on the largest DEXs, but token creators need to provide initial capital of $25-100+, from which a few percentages will go to the project.

Property	Moonshot	G8keep	WAGMI	Rush
Ecosystem	Base	Base	Base	Base
Mechanism	Bonding-curve then Uniswap v2	Uniswap v2	Uniswap v3 (bonding curve replica)	Uniswap v2
Initial liquidity	No need	Provided by the creator	Provided by the creator on a self-snipe	No need, borrowed from the lending pool
Fees for creators	$0 if no self-snipe	2% of the initial liquidity	3% of the initial liquidity	~0.01% per hour of the loan
Discoverability	Dexscreener + integrators until migration	Everywhere in theory, but early buyers can lose money	Everywhere	Everywhere
Deployer incentives	Self-snipe	3% of the total supply with 24h linear vesting	Self-snipe	Self-snipe + tax for tax tokens
Fees for traders	1% on the bonding curve + slippage loss after the migration	1% to the team + 0.3% on Uniswap + loss for early buyers	1% on Uniswap	0.3% on Uniswap + slippage loss after the unwinding
Unique features	DexScreener distribution	Anti-sniping protection	Points with a token	Utilitarian XPs that unlock more functionality

Let's compare a few figures for someone who wants to launch a token with 1 ETH (around $2.5k) initial liquidity on the mentioned platforms.

Property	Moonshot	G8keep	WAGMI	Rush
Initial liquidity in a liquidity pool	$0	$2.5k	$2.5k	$2.5k (borrowed for a specific duration)
Own capital for a liquidity pool	Not applicable	$2.5k (will be locked)	$2.5k (will be locked until a deployer sells all tokens)	$0
Deployer fees	$0	$50	$75	$0.25 per hour of the loan (max 24h)