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# Rewards on Base.meme

Base.meme’s mission is to make the internet valuable and free—that’s why we’re building a platform that makes creating and trading coins easy, fun, and rewarding.

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## Breakdown of our Rewards:

Our Rewards enable creators and developers on Base.meme to earn from trading activity through two distinct reward systems: **Trade Rewards (Bonding Curve Phase)** and **Market Rewards (Uniswap Phase)**.

### 1. Trade Rewards

When trades happen during the Bonding Curve phase on Base.meme, fees are distributed as follows:

**2% total fee:**

* 1% to Creator Rewards
* 0.2% to Trade Referral Rewards
* 0.2% to Create Referral Rewards
* 0.6% to Base.meme

**Important notes:**

* Trade rewards for both buy and sell activity are paid in the pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC or SOL on Base.
* Trade rewards are only earned on trades that happen during the Bonding Curve phase on Base.meme.

### 2. Market Rewards (After Graduation)

After a coin graduates, trading moves from the Bonding Curve on Base.meme to a Uniswap market. The fee and distribution depend on **when the coin was created**.

Coins created **on or after December 5,** **2025**will be migrated to **Uniswap V4** after graduate**.** All trades on the Uniswap V4 market are subject to a **2% fee**, distributed the same way as during the Bonding Curve phase:

* 1% to Creator Rewards
* 0.2% to Trade Referral Rewards
* 0.2% to Create Referral Rewards
* 0.6% to Base.meme

Coins created **before December 5,** **2025**will be migrated to **Uniswap V3** after graduate**.** All trades on the Uniswap V3 market are subject to a **1% fee**, distributed as follows:

* 0.5% to Creator Rewards
* 0.1% to Create Referral Rewards
* 0.4% to Base.meme

**Important notes:**

* Market rewards are only paid after the coin has graduated from the Bonding Curve phase and the Uniswap market (V3 or V4) is deployed.
* Coins created on or after December 5, 2025 use Uniswap V4 market; while coins created before that date use Uniswap V3 market.
* Market rewards are NOT earned on trades on alternative markets established by third parties.
* For Uniswap V4, market rewards for buy and sell trades are paid in the pair token selected at token creation, which may be ETH, USDC or SOL on Base.
* For Uniswap V3, market rewards for buy trades are paid in chain native token, which is ETH, while those for sell trades are paid in the coin being traded.
* In both Uniswap V3 and V4 markets, rewards accumulate in Base.meme’s Reward Protocol and must be claimed manually before they reach user wallets.

## Understanding Each Reward:

### Creator Rewards:

Earned by the coin creator. The recipient remains the same across all trades for the same coin.

### Trade Referral Rewards:

Earned by users who drive traffic that results in a trade. Each trade can have a different reward recipient, even for the same coin.

### Create Referral Rewards:

If the creator of the coin was invited to Base.meme by another user, the inviter gets this reward. The recipient remains the same across all trades for the same coin.

### Base.meme Fee:

This fee helps support the ongoing development and maintenance of the platform.