Creating a Pool Tutorial
- 1.Select Liquidity at the top of the main screen.
- 2.With the Explorer tab active click on +Create a pool.
- 3.Read the explanation in the Create a pool modal, and then select Get started.
- 4.Enter Token A using its label, symbol or mint address, then repeat for Token B.
- 5.(Optional) if you have not already done so select Connect wallet.
- 6.Select Continue to next step.
- 7.Carefully set initial deposit parameters.Note: these parameters are critical to how your pool will operate. Pool fee rates are analogous to a spread in a traditional orderbook: a 0.30% fee rate equates to a 60 bps spread for traders. Different fee tiers are useful for market makers during varying levels of market volatility. Please do your research and swim carefully when creating your pool.
- 8.When you are ready select Preview.
- 9.Review details of your pool carefully.Warning: high transaction fees: creating a pool uses a lot of space on the blockchain. Solana network fees will be higher than for standard transactions.
- 10.Select Create pool and deposit, review and approve in your wallet: this transaction creates your pool.
- 11.A second transaction is needed to deposit to the pool, review and approve in your wallet.
- 12.That's it! Your pool is live!Note: you can find links in the modal to your pool, but new pools may take up to 10 minutes to appear in the explorer.
- 13.(Optional) select Add token to the Orca Token List if you wish to add a token to Orca’s token list - this will open a form on which you can submit a request. Please see How to add a token to the Orca Token List and/or How to add rewards to a pool.
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