Introduction to Our Launch Mechanisms
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There are 2 different ways that you can launch an agent on Virtuals Protocol, which are the Standard Launch and Genesis Launch
Our platform is designed to make agent creation accessible to everyone. The process is streamlined for both technical and non-technical users, allowing them to easily create, deploy, and manage autonomous agents within our ecosystem with minimal friction.
Virtuals Protocol is framework-agnostic and welcomes all quality AI projects. It is completely fine if you choose not to use or do not wish to use .
When user creates a new agent, the agents will have two phases: Prototypes Agent and Sentient Agents.
Genesis Launches are designed as a fair and permissionless token distribution mechanics tailored for AI agents within the Virtuals Protocol.
This system provides:
AI Agent teams with the broadest possible holder base from Day 1 — increasing visibility, alignment, and market velocity.
Ecosystem participants (“Virgens”) with early access to top-tier agent projects through point-based eligibility and fair allocation.
Genesis Launches move early exposure away from opaque launches toward public, measurable participation.
TLDR of launch mechanism
Launch Prototype agents, and once they have accumulated 42K $VIRTUAL in the bonding curve, they graduate to Sentient Agents. A DEX liquidity pool will be created.
Schedule a launch date. Once launched, Virgens have 24 hours to pledge Points and commit $VIRTUAL.
If 42,425 $VIRTUAL is committed, the launch is successful. Otherwise, no agent is launched, and Points and $VIRTUAL are returned to Virgens.
Early Access
Unstructured, speculative
Structured through point pledging
Token Distribution
Often dominated by insiders
Capped, proportional, transparent
Holder Alignment
Low signal-to-noise ratio
High-signal via real ecosystem contributors
Launch Mindshare
Diluted across noise
Concentrated around curated opportunities
Fairness
Low
High
Community Activation
Weak, post-hoc
Pre-launch coordination via points & pledges
Pros
You can launch a Prototype agent immediately, and do not depend on people's pledge
You may pre-buy tokens when you create an agent, and you can re-distribute tokens to the community or control supply
Your agent/project gains immediate visibility from people to pledge points.
No agent will be launched if it is not fully subscribed (i.e., you can experiment)
Your agent immediately becomes Sentient upon successful launch (i.e., do not need to accumulate to $42K VIRTUALS) in the bonding curve
Cons
Agent only turns into Sentient once it accumulates $42K VIRTUALS
Your project has minimal/no visibility to people
Requires sufficient support/pledge from people to launch (i.e., agent launch is fully subscribed)
Builders who would like to lock their tokens pre-bonding can do so by sending their tokens to this vault (standard lock of 6 months post-bonding):
0xdAd686299FB562f89e55DA05F1D96FaBEb2A2E32.
Agents in the bonding phase do not support third party token lockers such as UNCX, Sablier, etc. Please use our designated lock address below if your agent has yet to graduate
For more details, refer to the .
For more details on the Genesis, please .
For users who would like to bridge their agent tokens from Base to Solana, .