Pump.fun introduces a creator revenue-sharing mechanism, the game rules of Memecoin are changing

💰 For every transaction through PumpSwap, creators can earn 0.05% (5 basis points) of the transaction volume as income.

This applies to:

Newly issued tokens

Tokens still on the joint curve

Even tokens that have graduated to DEX

In other words, if the token you issued is traded for 10 million dollars, you can earn 5,000 dollars, credited to your account instantly on-chain.

This changes the logic of memecoin creators' profits from cashing out quickly to being able to have stable income from long-term projects.

It shifts from relying on market manipulation and creating FOMO to now being able to share profits as long as trading is active.

This is the key to incentivizing truly creative, community-oriented, and thoughtful individuals to stay.

Founder @AlonCohen puts it plainly: "We want to encourage creative experimentation, not fast-in fast-out financial games."

This is the first real attempt in the meme space to address the incentive problem of only relying on exploiting others, taking a step towards transforming from financial gameplay to a creative ecosystem.

Whether it can change the meme landscape of Solana is still uncertain, but at least Pump is using real money to pay developers for long-term commitment.

If creators can earn money from trading volume, does that mean:

Tokens need to be more interesting

Communities need to be more active

There will be fewer exit-scam tokens