THE MANIA GUIDE
How Mania works.
An idea, a token, a community. A guide to launching and trading on Mania.
- 1B
- Fixed token supply
- ~$4k
- Starting FDV
- 80 / 20
- Creator / Mania fee split
The basics
Mania is a token launchpad on Arc Mainnet. A new launch creates an ERC-20 token and its own market. Trading starts on a bonding curve: buys move its price up, and sells move it down.
Every V3 token starts with a fixed supply of 1 billion tokens and an initial fully diluted valuation (FDV) of about $4,000, before any purchase. The curve’s 4,000 USDC virtual reserve is a pricing parameter, not deposited liquidity. FDV is the current token price multiplied by the total supply, not an amount every holder can withdraw.
Your first launch
Connect your wallet
Open the app, connect an EVM wallet and switch to Arc Mainnet (chain ID 5042). Keep USDC available for both your purchase and network gas.
Make it yours
Choose a name and ticker, add a token image and description, and include your website, X or Telegram links. The token supply is fixed; you do not need to choose it.
Choose the trading fee
The default is 1%. You can set a fee from 0% to 10% in 0.01% steps when launching. This rate is fixed for that market after creation. Every collected fee is split 80% to the creator and 20% to Mania.
Add an optional first buy
Enter how much USDC you want to spend, or leave it at zero. Review the token amount, share of supply, fee and actual spend shown before signing.
Review and launch
If needed, approve the quoted USDC amount to the factory, then sign the launch transaction. Token creation and an optional first buy happen together. If the purchase fails, the whole launch reverts; gas can still be spent, and a separately confirmed approval remains in place.
Buy & sell
Find a token
The main catalogue shows tokens launched on Mania. The official Mania token, when configured, is pinned first in Top coins; other entries are ranked by 24-hour trading volume. Open a token to see its chart, market details, trading fee and progress toward graduation. External Arc token addresses can be looked up, but their charts and trading are not supported in the current interface.
Review the quote
Choose Buy or Sell, enter an amount and review the expected output and fee. Slippage sets how much less output you will accept if the price moves before execution. A quote is an estimate until the transaction executes.
Approve, then trade
A buy may require a USDC approval; a sell may require a token approval. Regular trades approve the token’s market, while a creator’s initial buy approves the factory. Sufficient existing allowances are reused, not automatically revoked. Your wallet signs the transaction; Mania does not ask for your seed phrase.
Fees & rewards
The launch creator chooses the trading fee once. It applies to buys and sells on Mania’s curve and canonical V4 pool, based on the USDC side of the trade. It is separate from Arc network gas.
For example, an uncapped 100 USDC curve buy with a 1% fee collects 1 USDC in trading fees: 0.80 USDC accrues to the creator and 0.20 USDC to Mania. The remaining 99 USDC goes into the curve. Contract rounding can affect very small amounts.
Creator fees accumulate in that token’s market contract. Connect the wallet that created the token, open its trading panel, and select Claim fees under Your fees when a balance is available. Claims always pay the original recipient; they do not sell your tokens or withdraw trading liquidity. Claiming is an on-chain transaction and needs gas.
The same 80/20 split continues after graduation through Mania’s Uniswap V4 hook. A Uniswap protocol fee may additionally apply if enabled by its PoolManager. Trade quotes already include swap fees; the wallet shows network gas separately.
From the curve to Uniswap
- 01 / The curve fills
10,000 USDC
Graduation is triggered when the curve reaches 10,000 real USDC in reserves, after trading fees. Sells reduce these reserves, so progress can move backward before graduation.
- 02 / The market graduates
~$49k FDV
With the V3 curve parameters, the threshold corresponds to roughly $49,000 FDV just before migration. The reserve threshold is the trigger; FDV is an approximate consequence of the curve, not a guaranteed future price.
- 03 / Trading continues on V4
Permanent LP lock
The market creates its canonical Uniswap V4 pool and seeds a full-range liquidity position. The immutable market holds that position with no liquidity-withdrawal function. Surplus tokens are permanently locked rather than burned, so the total supply stays at 1 billion.
Contracts & integrations
The following addresses identify the V3 deployment on Arc Mainnet. Each token has its own market contract.
- Network
- Arc Mainnet · 5042
- Mania V3 factory
- 0x350b368f84deB2ffbC76B1607e1dE795C6d9893a
- Mania V4 fee hook
- 0x65Ee15eafeD12eFA040E0331ED9b9Fd2131B60cC
- USDC · ERC-20 interface
- 0x3600000000000000000000000000000000000000
- Uniswap V4 PoolManager
- 0x8366a39CC670B4001A1121B8F6A443A643e40951
For trading terminals
Before graduation, a terminal needs to support Mania’s bonding-curve market. After graduation, its router needs to support the V4 pool and fee hook. A token page, verified source or security badge does not by itself enable trading in another app.
A few more things
Does the creator receive free tokens?
No separate creator allocation is minted. The creator can make an optional paid initial purchase. All V3 tokens have the same fixed total supply of 1 billion.
Can the creator change the fee or mint more?
The V3 market’s chosen fee cannot be changed. Its full token supply is minted at creation, with no function to mint more or burn tokens. The token has no owner, blacklist or transfer-pause function.
Why can the chart have gaps?
Candles are built from indexed trades. A new or quiet token can have very few trades; a gap is not a missed guaranteed price update. After a transaction, indexing may take a moment to catch up.
Why did a trade fail?
Common reasons are insufficient USDC for gas, a missing approval, price movement beyond your slippage limit, an expired quote, or too little curve liquidity for a sell. Refresh the quote and review the wallet error before trying again.
Is every token on Mania reviewed?
No. Token names, images, descriptions and social links are supplied by creators. A Mania origin identifies the launch contracts, not an endorsement of the creator or a promise of returns. Contract tests and source verification are not an independent security audit.