What I learned about launching a token on Wavebreak

I’ve never been a meme trader, nor have I spent time in the trenches of launchpads, because they’ve never aligned with what I want from a token. Orca (@orca_so) recently announced the launch of Wavebreak, advertised as being “sniper-proof,” so I decided to check it out. The biggest reason I dislike the meme trenches is the heavy manipulation by small groups creating artificial demand and dumping on everyone else.

With Zora gaining momentum and the concept of creator coins picking up steam, I decided to launch a token on Orca to support this channel. Honestly, I didn’t expect anyone to buy it, but day one turned out to be surprisingly interesting. Here’s what I learned and what I’ve experienced so far.

My goals for the token: $DEFI
 https://www.orca.so/tokens/CHBJAkr2LNSAyf4gibMrBCTxGUN5XsV9idCJYu1Twave

I run this X account to highlight developments within the Solana ecosystem—because I enjoy it. I’ve been posting weekly Solana roundups since February, sharing tweets, writing articles about DeFi, and even documenting my experience as a target of a coordinated phishing attempt.

The purpose of the token was simple: if people want to support my work, they can buy, swap, or trade it. My earnings would come from trading fees in the Orca pool, not by dumping tokens. That’s why I chose Wavebreak. I also considered Jup Studio but liked what Orca was offering with its new launchpad.

I have no interest in dumping tokens on anyone. I launched this with a long-term vision, hoping that, if I got lucky, trading fees could help cover a checkmark, site hosting, YouTube content creation, and—maybe one day—travel to events. Will that happen? Who knows.

 

 

Using Wavebreak

Launching the token took only a few minutes. Since I already had my website (https://defithesystem.xyz) and branded assets like logos and banners, I knew my mission for the token. The process was straightforward.

While I’d never launched my own pool on Orca, I’ve been using Orca liquidity pairs for over a year and understand how the pools work. During the pre-bonding stage, the maximum amount per purchase was 0.29 $SOL. I bought that amount with three of my wallets (all with .sol domains), which are visible on bubble maps. It wasn’t a big investment, but it got the ball rolling.

I stepped away for a client meeting and returned an hour later to find the token bonded with way more activity than expected. Trading fees were already accumulating in the pool paired with $SOL.

 

 

How the next few hours played out

When I checked X, I saw a surge of new followers and reposts of the token. People were even referencing who my personal or news accounts follow as reasons to pump their own bags. I had no idea what was happening, but if people want to buy the token, that’s their choice. I had only posted about it once on each account.

Then the trench bots and extractors showed up. Claims started flying that I was dumping tokens or that I controlled 5% of the supply. False. I haven’t sold a single token. The wallets that bundled weren’t linked to mine, and my three wallets—defithesystem.sol, ebullition.sol, etc.—are easy to verify on bubble maps. No games, no hiding, no connections beyond the original Orca bonding pool.

Someone else bought 5% of the token. I don’t know who they are, but that didn’t stop people from labeling me a scammer. They pumped and dumped it, and the next day my notifications were flooded with bot spam. My messages are restricted to verified accounts, but that doesn’t stop the nonsense. I’ve never experienced this level of bot activity before.

 

 

What I learned

Launching a token can get expensive fast. People insisted I needed banners on @dexscreener and @mobyagent to be “taken seriously,” so I spent a few $SOL doing that.

I experimented with sending tokens to @sagamonkes, a community I respect, using MonkeSnap (https://snap.sagamonkes.com/) to generate a list of wallets, then used @FamousFoxFed’s FoxyShare (https://www.famousfoxes.com/foxyshare/) to compress and distribute them. I looked into @heliuslabs airdrop tools, but they require a recovery phrase and RPC URL, which I wasn’t comfortable with. Sending 10k tokens to 1,369 wallets cost around $450 (1.5 $SOL plus token value at the time).

My goal remains the same: build something that might help fund future Solana reporting projects. There’s no roadmap, no paid KOLs, no insider games. I see this as a long-term experiment, not a meme coin.

 

 

Here’s what I’ve done so far:

I can’t promise paid promos, shills, or price pumps. If you want to trade it, DTS earns 1% of fees from the Orca pool, which will help cover costs for YouTube content, web hosting, checkmarks, and maybe event travel in the future. Any support along the way is appreciated.

 

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