How to Create a Memecoin

Start with the name and symbol

The name is marketing; the symbol is what shows up everywhere else: wallets, explorers, DEX listings. Keep the symbol short (3–6 characters is typical) and check it isn't already in heavy use on the chain you're picking, since duplicate tickers confuse buyers and make your token harder to find on aggregators like DexScreener.

Pick a supply that tells a story

There's no technically "correct" supply. 1,000,000, 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 are all common. What matters is that the number feels intentional and that your decimals match the convention on your chain (9 on Solana, 18 on most EVM chains). A supply that's needlessly precise (like 973,412,055) tends to read as an afterthought rather than a design choice.

Decide on authorities before you launch, not after

This is the single decision that most affects whether buyers trust your token:

Revoke mint authority (or renounce ownership on EVM) so supply is permanently fixed, meaning no one, including you, can create more later.
Revoke freeze authority on Solana so no account can ever be frozen.
Both are irreversible. If your project genuinely needs future minting (a play-to-earn reward pool, for instance), keep mint authority and say so publicly, since holders will check.

A live trust score in the console shows exactly how a given configuration reads to a buyer before you sign anything.

Metadata is not optional

A logo, a short description, and at least one live social link are the minimum bar for a token that doesn't look abandoned. Wallets and explorers pull this directly from on-chain metadata (Metaplex on Solana, off-chain URIs referenced on EVM), so it's worth setting up before you deploy rather than patching in later.

Deploy, then add liquidity

Deployment only creates the token. It doesn't make it tradeable. You'll need to pair it with a native asset or stablecoin on a DEX (see our liquidity guide) before anyone can buy it. Budget for this as part of your launch, not as a follow-up task.

What actually moves the needle

Of everything above, the two decisions buyers actually check first are whether authorities are revoked and whether liquidity is locked. Everything else (exact supply, decimals, the precise wording of your description) matters far less than those two signals.