{
  "name": "Solana Token Launch Cost Dataset",
  "description": "Sampled real-world cost of creating and launching an SPL token on Solana mainnet across configurations (bare token, with metadata, with authority revocation, with a service fee, and full launches with a Raydium LP + burn) at three SOL price points. First-party data behind alchemii.io's cost calculator and launch-data methodology.",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Alchemii",
    "url": "https://www.alchemii.io"
  },
  "creator": {
    "name": "Gary Zhao",
    "jobTitle": "Founder of Alchemii",
    "url": "https://www.alchemii.io/about",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyzhao9012/",
      "https://x.com/garyzhao9012",
      "https://garyzhao.github.io/"
    ]
  },
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-31",
  "sampleWindow": "Solana mainnet, 2021-Q3 to 2026-Q2 (47-token operator sample); cost rows snapshotted 2026-05-29",
  "methodologyUrl": "https://www.alchemii.io/methodology/launch-data",
  "calculatorUrl": "https://www.alchemii.io/solana-token-cost-calculator",
  "sources": [
    "https://solana.com/docs/core/fees",
    "https://solana.com/docs/core/rent",
    "https://developers.metaplex.com/token-metadata"
  ],
  "costFloorBreakdownSol": {
    "mintAccountRent": 0.00146,
    "metaplexMetadataPda": 0.0107,
    "associatedTokenAccount": 0.00204,
    "signatureFeeLamportsEach": 5000,
    "protocolFloorTotalApprox": 0.0142,
    "note": "Rent is refundable if the account is later closed; the metadata PDA is the largest single line item. Raydium AMM pool adds ~0.4 SOL plus seeded liquidity."
  },
  "fields": {
    "timestamp": "Date the cost row was computed (YYYY-MM-DD).",
    "sol_price_usd": "SOL/USD price used for the USD conversion.",
    "config": "Launch configuration measured.",
    "total_sol": "Total SOL cost for that configuration (rent + fees + optional service + optional LP).",
    "total_usd": "USD equivalent at the row's sol_price_usd."
  },
  "rows": [
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "bare-token+metadata-no-lp", "total_sol": 0.014240, "total_usd": 2.85 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "token+metadata+revoke", "total_sol": 0.014255, "total_usd": 2.85 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "token+metadata+revoke+service(alchemii 0.055)", "total_sol": 0.069255, "total_usd": 13.85 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "full-launch+5sol-lp+burn(diy 0 service)", "total_sol": 5.414225, "total_usd": 1082.85 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "full-launch+5sol-lp+burn(alchemii 0.055)", "total_sol": 5.469225, "total_usd": 1093.85 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 150, "config": "token+metadata+revoke+service(alchemii 0.055)", "total_sol": 0.069255, "total_usd": 10.39 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 250, "config": "token+metadata+revoke+service(alchemii 0.055)", "total_sol": 0.069255, "total_usd": 17.31 },
    { "timestamp": "2026-05-29", "sol_price_usd": 200, "config": "full-launch+10sol-lp+burn(diy 0 service)", "total_sol": 10.414225, "total_usd": 2082.85 }
  ]
}