Every trade pays the coin’s fee in the quote (ETH, a stable, $BASECAT, a wrapped major, or a stock token) — not in the meme itself. An AAPL pair pays AAPL. An ETH pair pays ETH. Creation still costs 0.001 ETH.

Swaps routed through BASE 1 also pay a 1% service fee. That is an interface fee, separate from the coin’s locked 1 / 2 / 3% launch fee. The same launch coin traded on another venue still pays the launch fee, not this 1%. Creating a token is 0.001 ETH only — no service fee on create, on a first buy inside the launch transaction, or on fee / rewards claims.

Trade fee

The creator picks 1%, 2% (default), or 3% at launch. That choice is locked.

Fee	Creator	Protocol	Referrer	If nobody referred
1%	0.60%	0.30%	0.10%	Creator 0.60% · protocol 0.40%
2%	1.20%	0.60%	0.20%	Creator 1.20% · protocol 0.80%
3%	1.80%	0.90%	0.30%	Creator 1.80% · protocol 1.20%

A missing, invalid, or self-referral does not cut the creator share. That slice goes to protocol instead.

For the first 20 seconds the fee can be higher. Extra above the coin’s normal fee goes to protocol. See Anti-snipe.

How to claim

Open Profile or the coin’s Fees tab and claim. Fees wait for you; they are not sent automatically.

• Creator mode: the fee owner claims the quote.
• Rewards mode: holders claim the quote. Selling without claiming forfeits what was pending. This is not BASE 1 Rewards points and not a first-buy airdrop.
• Self-burn / $BASECAT burn: not open on Create until factory swaps and burn adapters are live. Self-burn will buy and burn the new coin. $BASECAT burn credits the creator slice in the pair quote; a later convert can buy $BASECAT (ops 70% / $BASECAT 30%) — that is not a 100% $BASECAT burn of the creator slice on a stock pair.

Rewards are the pair asset only (an AAPL pair pays AAPL). Not equity. Not a dividend.

Referrals

Share /feed?ref=0xYourWallet (or a coin page with the same ?ref=). The first time that visitor connects a wallet, they are bound to you. Later links cannot steal them.

You earn the 10% referrer slice of each BASE 1 launch coin fee they pay after that — 0.10% / 0.20% / 0.30% of the trade on 1% / 2% / 3% coins. Paid in the quote asset. Claim on Profile.

If they never used a link, that 10% goes to protocol. Self-referral and the token creator are invalid; that slice also goes to protocol.

The 1% platform service fee is never shared with referrers. Third-party desks (Toshi, Cashcat, and other Uniswap routes) do not pay this referral slice.

BASE 1 service fee

1% on secondary swaps in this product (/swap, the coin desk, and any later in-app route). Shown on every quote. Launch coins also pay that coin’s locked 1 / 2 / 3% fee.

A 2% launch coin traded here is about 3% all-in (launch fee + service). Predictions (play-money) do not pay this fee. BASE 1 Rewards points (including +2 per thesis) are a separate score — they are not paid from the 1% service fee or the referral hook fee. See Rewards points.

Launch cost

0.001 ETH per new token, paid when you confirm the launch. No 1% service fee on create.

Where the protocol share goes

On Base, 70% of the protocol share is ops and 30% buys $BASECAT for a public treasury. On Robinhood Chain, the protocol share stays on that chain.

A live coin’s 60 / 30 / 10 split does not change after launch.