Answer
How much SOL do I need in my wallet to launch a coin?
A pump.fun launch costs 0.01495 SOL in total — 0.0144428 SOL of refundable account deposits plus a 0.00051 SOL network fee — but you want roughly 0.05 SOL in the wallet so a first buy, a priority fee and one failed attempt do not empty it.
What the 0.01495 SOL actually pays for
A real CreateV2 launch measured on mainnet settled at 0.01495 SOL. Almost all of it is rent — refundable deposits that keep accounts alive on-chain — and only a sliver is spent for good.
The two rent figures quoted most often are the mint and the token account, but together they are only about 0.0042 SOL of the total. The remainder sits in the metadata and bonding-curve accounts the program opens for the new coin.
- Account deposits: 0.0144428 SOL, held as rent across the mint, token, metadata and curve accounts.
- Network fee: 0.00051 SOL, one base fee plus a small priority tip.
- Platform fee: none. pump.fun charges nothing to create a coin.
- Mint account: 406 bytes at 5,080 lamports per byte, so 0.00271272 SOL.
- Token account: 170 bytes, so 0.00151384 SOL.
How much buffer to keep in the wallet
Launching and trading are two different costs. The 0.01495 SOL gets a coin onto the curve; the first buy is a separate transaction whose size you choose, and every later transaction carries its own 5,000-lamport base fee.
There is no minimum first buy and no deposit requirement beyond the rent. The practical floor is the launch cost plus enough headroom that a single rejected attempt does not wipe the wallet.
- A wallet holding about 0.05 SOL can pay for the launch, take a small first buy and still cover several priority fees.
- Priority fees are optional and market-set, so a busy block costs more than a quiet one.
- Fees are charged even when a transaction fails, so a reverted launch still spends SOL.
- Rent is only recoverable by closing the accounts it is held in.
Getting the SOL there without losing it
Most people fund a launch wallet by withdrawing SOL from an exchange. The withdrawal fee and minimum are set by the exchange, not by Solana, and both are usually larger than the network fee the transfer itself pays.
In dollar terms, 0.01495 SOL is about $1.40 at SOL around $93.96. That is the whole platform-side cost of putting a coin on the curve; anything above it is trading, priority fees or exchange charges.
- Withdraw on the Solana network, not a wrapped or bridged version.
- Send a small test amount first, then the rest.
- Leave SOL in the wallet after launch — you pay for every transaction you sign later.
- A fresh wallet has no history, which matters if you care how the creator address reads to buyers.
Related questions
Do I get the 0.0144428 SOL back?
Only by closing the accounts it is held in. Rent is a deposit rather than a fee, but the accounts stay open while the coin exists, and the 0.00051 SOL network fee is spent either way.
Can I launch with 0.01 SOL?
No. The measured launch cost is 0.01495 SOL, so a wallet holding less fails before the coin exists.
Does pump.fun take a cut of the launch?
No. Creating a coin is free; the protocol earns from the 1.25% trading fee once people trade the coin.
Where to go next
- What is the pump.fun creator fee?
- What is a priority fee on Solana?
- The full launch guide: costs, socials, 21-day runway
- Every question we have answered
If the brand and the page are what is stopping you
Mint a Brand draws the icon, banner and stickers, builds the token site on its own subdomain and prepares the launch for your wallet to sign, for $30. Your wallet pays the network fee and is the creator of record.
Sources
Checked 2026-10-31 · nothing here is financial advice, and most meme coins go to zero.