Virtuals Agent Emission Developer Guide
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Virtuals Agent Emission Developer Guide
The wealth effect of crypto will only make good stories, good products, and good teams more likely to gain attention and support.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: Felix YY
This guide aims to help developers who wish to launch a token on Virtuals, updated and modified from the English version by @nickplayscrypto, and incorporating contributions from multiple Virgens (our community members), including @SalasCambuy @VaderResearch @Degen__Ape__.
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Preface: Some Basic Principles
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This is not a meme coin; it's an on-chain AI startup.
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On-chain entrepreneurship means being "publicly listed" from day one—your token is your most important product. If you've never launched a token before, remember that it represents the interests of all holders. Imagine that from the moment you launch, you're already the CEO of a publicly traded company—don't take it lightly.
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But don't stress too much. Not only does this serve as an early test of your capabilities, but it's also a powerful GTM tool: just as traditional internet products used free access to go viral, crypto's wealth effect makes it easier for compelling stories, strong products, and talented teams to gain attention and support. Try it and see.
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The community tends to favor doxxed developers. Depending on your local regulations, you can choose different forms of verification (public appearances, LinkedIn/GitHub/X profile links). What matters is letting people know who you are and how likely you are to run away. While anonymous projects can succeed, being doxxed gives you more opportunities from the start.
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Maintain transparency. All tokens should remain in developer wallets unless their allocation and usage are clearly disclosed to the public. Unlike traditional VC-backed projects, the Virtuals ecosystem emphasizes transparency—community members can track every transaction. Any additional tokens held by team members should also be disclosed with wallet addresses provided to protect investors.
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Build in public. Once you decide to build, you don’t need to privately prepare everything before launching your token. Treat the community as your angel investors and first users. The token is the bridge connecting you—it helps you fundraise and validate your ideas and products. This is lean startup methodology for the new era. All you need to do is make everything as public as possible—your code, your product, your thinking, your actions—through various channels like GitHub, tweets, Spaces, conferences, meetups, etc.
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Don't create a second AI agent—at least not until you’ve properly concluded your first one. Quietly abandoning or rug-pulling harms existing investors, causes market chaos and negative sentiment, and severely damages your personal reputation. That said, we’re working on designing a mechanism that allows developers to fail gracefully, continue building new projects, and compensate original investors. We hope such mechanisms enable dignified failure and reduce exit risks.
Pre-Launch Preparation
1. Prepare Your Narrative and Product Vision
This is the foundation upon which everything else rests—and yes, you can iterate based on feedback. The key is to pick a niche, start building immediately, and get feedback—negative feedback is better than no feedback at all.
If you lack inspiration, refer to this post.
In general, projects that have gained traction within the Virtuals community offer real use cases—the more directly degens can feel the value, the faster they gain initial acceptance (e.g., @aixbt_agent). As markets evolve and on-chain capabilities advance, we believe AI agents must evolve beyond mere mindshare to capture attention.
I personally hope to see agents actively engaging in meaningful on-chain economic activities using chains and wallets, backed by genuine tokenomics (not just pie charts showing token distribution). Of course, if you have a strong off-chain focused agent, consider how tokenomics could help close the loop on-chain.
2. Understand Virtuals' Launch Mechanism
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After token issuance, prices follow a bonding curve to minimize volatility. When the bonding curve pool accumulates 42k $VIRTUAL (meaning all 87.5% of the token supply on the bonding curve has been purchased), the token graduates.
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Upon graduation, a liquidity pool (LP) will be deployed on DEXs. The 42k $VIRTUAL and the remaining 12.5% of the token supply will be sent into the LP and locked for 10 years. Different chains use different LPs with varying mechanisms—Solana uses Meteroa, Base uses Uniswap.
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Simultaneously, the agent transitions from Prototype Agent to Sentient Agent on the Virtuals platform, making it indexable by DEX aggregators and trading bots.
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All agent transactions incur a 1% fee collected by the Virtuals protocol, in addition to standard DEX fees. This tax breaks down as follows: 0.3% goes to the developer wallet as operational funds, 0.2% is distributed to third parties (e.g., trading interfaces, tools), and 0.5% goes to the wallet controlled by the agent to support any economic activity it wishes to pursue.
3. Define Token Economics (Commonly Called "Tokenomics", Though It's Often Just a Pie Chart of Holdings)
Each AI agent has a fixed total supply of 1 billion tokens (enforced by contract and non-modifiable).
The team should hold at least 20%, with 40–50% being ideal—or even more—but the primary principle is full transparency and clear communication with the community. Fairness is central to on-chain launches: early supporters should have access to low-cost tokens.
These tokens can be used for:
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Airdrops;
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Treasury (for community incentives, OTC deals, early investors, etc.);
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Team allocation;
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Liquidity pool (LP) seeding and rewards;
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Potential CEX listings (listing and market-making fees);
The exact allocation depends on project goals and available supply. Tokens allocated to teams and investors should include vesting and lock-up periods to demonstrate commitment and avoid excessive price volatility.
For more on token economics: See Vader Research’s analysis.
4. Calculate the Cost to Acquire Desired Token Supply at Launch
For example, acquiring 50% of the supply at launch costs approximately 6,000 $VIRTUAL.
It's recommended to acquire 42,000 $VIRTUAL to secure 87.5% of the total supply on the bonding curve. The remainder will be added to the liquidity pool (LP) after the bonding curve phase completes.
Data source: Vader Research. Note: USD cost fluctuates with $VIRTUAL price, but other metrics remain constant.
If early capital is needed, consider a pre-sale or negotiate post-TGE OTC trades.
Potential investors include:
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Investment DAOs within the Virtuals ecosystem, such as @Vader_AI_ @sekoia_virtuals @aixCB_Vc @KosherCapital @wai_combinator;
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Individual or institutional investors you identify independently;
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Virtuals Venture @virtuals_vc, Virtuals’ own ecosystem fund.
5. Airdrop (A Key Component of TGE and a Core Practice in the Virtuals Ecosystem)
Benefits include increasing holder count, boosting visibility and awareness, and serving as a vital method for community engagement and cultivating early adopters.
The Virtuals ecosystem is famously known for its diamond-handed community—our net holding retention exceeds 100%. That means people don’t just hold airdropped tokens—they often buy more.
Designing your airdrop strategy is crucial: remember these are free tokens—how you use them to drive growth requires careful thought.
Core principles:
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Maintain full transparency in airdrop rules;
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Based on your project’s positioning and goals, target those most likely to become core community members;
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Conduct data analysis and filtering of eligible token holder addresses.
6. Social Media and Community Building Platforms
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A professional website to showcase project information and products, including team bios, whitepaper, audit reports, etc.;
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Telegram: Establish an official group with spam-prevention bots and FAQ bots configured;
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X: The core platform for promotion and interaction. Use tweets, engagements, and Spaces effectively for open communication.
7. Finalize Launch Details
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Ticker selection: A good ticker quickly conveys the project’s essence and aids memorability and spread;
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Chain selection: Currently supporting Base and Solana—choose based on preference;
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Scheduling the launch time: UTC 13:00 (China time 21:00 / US Eastern 08:00) is generally recommended to cover peak trading hours in both China and the US;
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Avoid revealing the exact launch time to prevent sniping or copycat projects from launching first.
Launch Day
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Ensure the Telegram group is ready and managed by a 24/7 operations team;
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Only core team members know the exact launch time to prevent leaks;
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Immediately after launch, execute the following:
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Post the token’s contract address (CA) on Telegram and Twitter to prevent impersonation;
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Set up data tracking on CoinGecko, DexScreener, and CoinMarketCap;
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Lock team and investor token allocations;
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Distribute presale tokens and complete OTC transactions.
Post-Launch
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Do everything a good startup should: maintain active presence on Twitter and Telegram, posting at least 1–2 important updates daily; deliver core product functionality quickly to ensure real usability; analyze market feedback and refine features based on user needs.
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"Investor Relations": Monitor early investors and whale holdings, and establish communication channels with major holders when necessary.
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DEX liquidity management: Read this liquidity guide to understand why deep LP management on DEXs is critical to token health.
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Avoid short-term profit-taking; employ market strategies to maintain token price stability.
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