Three tiers. One launchpad.
Built for fair launches.

Noctis is a token launchpad on Cardano and Midnight Network. Choose a standard public launch, add DarkVeil for a private buying phase that hides all activity from bots and front-runners, or go fully Midnight-native with Tier C for maximum privacy from token creation to LP. Every launch has anti-rug mechanics, LP permanence, and on-chain accountability built in.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES

New to Noctis? Follow the guides.

Short, practical walkthroughs for every action on the platform — connecting a wallet, launching a token, joining a private DarkVeil phase, staking, and community governance.

Connect your wallet→ Create a launch→ Buy & join DarkVeil→ Graduation & governance→ View all guides →

Choose your tier

TIER A

Public Launch

$10 USD

A standard public bonding curve on Cardano L1. Simple setup, fast to launch, no Midnight dependency.

  • Linear bonding curve (P = P₀ + k·x)
  • 5% per-address wallet cap
  • Creator vesting + fee escrow
  • Optional staking rewards pool
  • 1-year LP lock at graduation
  • CTO governance protection
  • DarkVeil private phase
  • Front-run protection
  • ZK Fair Launch Certificate
  • Cryptographic identity cap
Chain Cardano L1
TIER B
Full DarkVeil guide →

DarkVeil Launch

$30 USD

Adds a private 24-hour buying phase on Midnight Network before the public curve opens. Buying activity is completely hidden until close.

  • DarkVeil private phase (24h hidden buying)
  • Front-run protection via Midnight Network
  • ZK Fair Launch Certificate anchored on L1
  • 5% cap per ZK identity
  • Quadratic public curve post-DarkVeil
  • Creator vesting + fee escrow
  • Optional staking rewards pool
  • 1-year LP lock at graduation
  • CTO governance protection
  • Midnight gas covered by platform
Chain Midnight Network + Cardano L1
TIER C
Full DarkVeil guide →
MAXIMUM PRIVACY COMING SOON

Midnight Launch

$50 USD

Fully Midnight-native. Token, curve, DarkVeil phase, and LP all on Midnight Network. Cardano is used only to anchor the ZK certificate. Requires a Midnight wallet.

  • DarkVeil private phase (24h hidden buying)
  • Front-run protection via Midnight Network
  • ZK Fair Launch Certificate (anchored on L1)
  • 5% cap per ZK identity
  • Quadratic Midnight curve, NIGHT denominated
  • Creator vesting + fee escrow (NIGHT)
  • Optional staking rewards pool (NIGHT)
  • 1-year Midnight LP lock at graduation
  • CTO governance protection
  • Midnight gas covered by platform
Chain Midnight Network (+ L1 ZK anchor)

From creation to graduation

Every launch follows the same path. Tier B adds a private DarkVeil phase before the public curve opens. Tier C goes further: token, curve, DarkVeil phase, and LP are all on Midnight Network, with Cardano used only for the ZK certificate anchor.

TIER A Public Launch
1
Creator pays $10 (ADA or NIGHT equivalent) Launch fee split: 40% → ops wallet, 60% → treasury. Collected at current market rate. Launch is created on Cardano L1.
2
Linear bonding curve opens Price starts at P₀ and rises linearly with each token sold. Every buyer pays the current spot price.
3
5% wallet cap enforced No single address can hold more than 5% of total supply across all purchases. Enforced on-chain.
4
100% sell-through → graduation Once every token on the bonding curve sells, the launch graduates. No partial graduation.
5
LP seeded and locked 15% of supply + equivalent ADA at graduation price seeded into the creator's chosen DEX. LP locked for 1 year.
TIER B DarkVeil Launch
1
Creator pays $30 (ADA or NIGHT equivalent) Launch fee split: 40% → ops wallet, 60% → treasury. Collected at current market rate. Launch created on both chains.
2
DarkVeil registration opens (48h) Eligible wallets register and bond ~$50 of NIGHT. Registration requires wallet age ≥ 90 days and verified NIGHT balance.
3
Registration freezes (T-2h) Slots calculated: DV supply ÷ registered wallets = base allocation per wallet. 5% cumulative cap applied.
4
24h private buying window All buying happens on Midnight Network. Amounts, addresses, and participation rate are hidden until close. Flat price P₀ for everyone.
5
Settlement + ZK certificate NIGHT bonds returned proportionally. A ZK Fair Launch Certificate is anchored on Cardano L1: public proof, private data.
6
Quadratic public curve opens Price now follows a quadratic curve, steeper than linear, rewarding earlier public buyers. DV buys count toward the 5% cap.
7
100% sell-through → graduation Once every public curve token sells, the launch graduates. No partial graduation.
8
LP seeded and locked 15% of supply + equivalent ADA at graduation price seeded into the creator's chosen DEX. LP locked for 1 year.
DarkVeil deep-dive: full process guide →
TIER C Midnight Launch COMING SOON
1
Creator pays $50 (ADA or NIGHT equivalent) Launch fee split: 40% → ops wallet, 60% → treasury. Collected at current market rate. Launch is fully Midnight-native.
2
DarkVeil registration opens (48h) Eligible wallets register and bond ~$50 of NIGHT. Same eligibility rules as Tier B: wallet age ≥ 90 days, verified NIGHT balance.
3
Registration freezes (T-2h) Slots calculated: DV supply ÷ registered wallets = base allocation per wallet. 5% cumulative cap applied.
4
24h private buying window (NIGHT) All buying happens on Midnight Network in NIGHT. Amounts, addresses, and participation rate are completely hidden until close. Flat price P₀ for everyone.
5
Settlement + ZK certificate NIGHT bonds returned proportionally. ZK Fair Launch Certificate generated on Midnight and relayed to Cardano L1: public proof, private data.
6
Quadratic Midnight curve opens (NIGHT) Price follows a quadratic curve denominated in NIGHT. Fully private execution. No on-chain buy data visible to anyone. DV buys count toward the 5% cap.
7
100% sell-through → graduation Once every public curve token sells, the launch graduates. No partial graduation. LP seeded entirely on Midnight.
8
LP seeded and locked (Midnight LP Escrow) 15% of supply + NIGHT at graduation price held in a Midnight LP Escrow PSM. Locked for 1 year, same invariants as the Cardano escrow.
DarkVeil deep-dive: full process guide →

How the bonding curve works

TIER A

Linear curve

P = P₀ + k·x

Price increases by the same fixed amount with every token sold. Predictable, gradual price discovery. Early buyers pay less than late buyers. The difference between entry and exit is steady and transparent.

Token supply sold → Price ↑
TIER B

Flat P₀ then quadratic

DV: flat P₀  ·  Public: P = P₀ + k·x²

DarkVeil buyers all enter at the flat floor price P₀, so no one has an advantage over anyone else in the private window. Once the public curve opens, the price accelerates quadratically, giving DarkVeil participants the best entry relative to all future buyers.

DV flat Public curve
Token supply sold → Price ↑
Graduation requires 100% sell-through, for both tiers. There is no partial graduation. The bonding curve stays open until every token sells, or the creator closes the launch (unvested tokens returned, escrow cleared).

What happens at graduation

15% seeded as LP

At graduation, the contract automatically pairs the 15% token LP reserve (150M of 1B) with ADA drawn directly from the bonding curve proceeds, no action required from the creator. The ADA needed equals 150M tokens × graduation price, and the curve always raises more than enough by design. The pool is balanced (equal value on both sides) and is deposited into the creator's chosen DEX. The creator must actively select from the approved whitelist at launch creation; there is no default.

LP locked for 1 year

The LP position enters a smart contract escrow immediately at graduation. It cannot be accessed for 365 days. There is no withdraw function: the code path does not exist.

Migration after 1 year

After the lock expires, LP can be migrated to any other DEX on the approved whitelist (CSwap, Minswap, Splash, Spectrum) in a single atomic transaction. The underlying ADA and tokens never appear in any wallet during migration.

Creator earns LP fees

Trading fees generated by the DEX pool (~0.3% of volume) flow into an LP Fee Escrow, a separate contract from the bonding curve escrow. The creator claims from this escrow on an ongoing basis for as long as the pool has volume. If a CTO vote passes, the escrow redirects future releases to the CTO wallet instead of the creator.

Staking rewards pool Optional

Any tier can opt into a staking rewards pool at launch creation. It's a separate token allocation from LP and public sale, seeded automatically at graduation, and it doesn't affect how the bonding curve or DarkVeil phase work.

25% optional allocation

The creator can allocate a fixed 25% of total supply into the pool at launch — on top of the 15% LP reserve, up to 10% creator allocation, and DarkVeil allocation. Declined by default; the public curve absorbs the difference if not selected.

Manual staking, daily rewards

Holding the token alone earns nothing — a holder must actively stake it through their Noctis token profile. A fixed daily emission then splits pro-rata among everyone currently staked. Newly staked positions take 7 days to start earning.

3-5 year runway

The creator picks a pool duration between 3 and 5 years at launch — no default, an active choice. The pool depletes at a steady, predictable daily rate, and the creator can top it up at any time to extend the runway further.

$1 flat claim fee

Claiming accrued rewards from the token profile costs a flat $1 USD fee, paid in ADA on Tier A/B or NIGHT on Tier C at the current oracle price — the same conversion machinery used elsewhere on the platform.

ANTI-RUG MECHANICS

Built-in protections for buyers

Every Noctis launch, both tiers, enforces these mechanics by contract. They cannot be disabled by the creator.

01

Creator vesting

Creator tokens are locked until graduation and then released linearly over 90 to 365 days. The creator must choose at launch creation and cannot change it. No tokens release before the bonding curve completes. A ZK proof verifies the creator held zero tokens at DarkVeil open (Tier B only).

02

LP permanence

The 15% LP allocation goes directly into a locked escrow contract at graduation. There is no withdraw function in the contract: not greyed out, not gated behind a condition, simply absent. Rug-pulling the liquidity is structurally impossible at the contract level.

03

Fee escrow with silence lock

The creator's 1.0% bonding curve fee accumulates in escrow and can only be claimed monthly. If the creator goes silent (no on-chain claim and no activity on verified project channels) for 90 consecutive days, the community can initiate a CTO vote to redirect future payments.

04

CTO governance

30 days after graduation, token holders can propose a community takeover (CTO). A 72-hour private ballot on Midnight requires 5% quorum. A passed vote redirects both the bonding curve fee escrow and the LP fee escrow to the CTO wallet, and freezes remaining unvested creator tokens. Full governance flow ↓

COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE

CTO governance: when the community takes over

30 days after a launch graduates, its community gains the power to formally take control if the creator abandons the project, or simply if a majority of holders want to redirect governance. The entire ballot is cast privately on Midnight Network, the result is anchored publicly on Cardano L1, and every consequence of a passed vote is enforced automatically by the contract, not decided by the platform.

PATH 1 · ORGANIC

Community-initiated proposal

Any token holder can propose a CTO vote starting 30 days after graduation. No other condition is required — a healthy, fully active creator can still face a vote if the community wants one.

PATH 2 · SILENCE LOCK

Creator goes silent

If the creator hasn't claimed their fee escrow in 90+ consecutive days and hasn't posted on any verified project channel in that same window, the launch becomes eligible for a silence-triggered vote. Both conditions must hold at once; either alone doesn't qualify.

GOVERNANCE FLOW
PASS CLEAR FAIL CAUGHT ORGANIC Any holder, 30+ days post-grad SILENCE LOCK 90d no claim + no public post GRADUATION LP seeded, fees start accruing 30-DAY WAIT Minimum before any proposal is allowed TRIGGER Organic proposal or silence lock 72H BALLOT Private on Midnight 5% quorum required ANCHOR Open relay to Cardano L1, ≥25 ADA bond 24H CHALLENGE Governor can void a fraudulent anchor EXECUTED Fees + unvested tokens redirect to community FAILED No quorum, or no ≥ yes votes VOIDED Fraud caught — bond slashed 60/40 90-DAY COOLDOWN Applies after any vote — pass, fail, or voided. No new proposal against this launch until it elapses.
01

72-hour private ballot

The entire vote is balloted privately on Midnight Network. Individual votes stay hidden; only the final tally is revealed once the ballot closes.

02

5% quorum required

At least 5% of total token supply must participate for the vote to count, verified against a governor-published balance-snapshot Merkle tree.

03

Creator's vote is capped, not excluded

The creator's own tokens can vote, but their weight is capped at a fixed amount set at launch. Capped creator votes are tracked as a separate, public tally, so the community can see how much of the outcome came from the creator.

04

90-day cooldown

After any vote closes — pass, fail, or a voided fraudulent anchor — a new CTO vote can't be proposed against the same launch for 90 days.

What a passed vote does automatically

Fee escrow redirects

All future bonding curve creator fee payments redirect to the CTO wallet instead of the creator.

LP trading fees redirect

Ongoing LP trading fee claims (Stream B) also redirect to the CTO wallet, for as long as the pool has volume.

Unvested tokens frozen

Any of the creator's tokens that haven't vested yet are frozen and redirected to the community treasury, never burned. Tokens already claimed or already vested before the vote are unaffected.

Anchoring is a permissionless open relay. Any token holder, not just the platform, can submit the Midnight ballot's signed result to Cardano L1. To stop a fabricated result from being submitted, the relayer must post a real bond (≥25 ADA) with the anchor transaction. A 24-hour public challenge window follows: if the governor detects fraud, the pending result is voided and the bond is slashed 60% to treasury / 40% to ops. If the window elapses with no challenge, the result executes automatically and the honest relayer's bond is returned.
Every governance record carries a one-of-a-kind seal. The contracts that actually redirect fees and freeze tokens don't re-count the vote — they read the launch's official governance record on-chain. To make sure they can only ever read the real record and never a look-alike an attacker planted, each launch's governance record holds a unique, non-transferable governance token (a per-launch “thread NFT”) that can only be created once, at setup, by the platform's governance key. Every enforcement check requires that exact token to be present, and the governance contract carries it forward untouched on every update, so it can never be copied, moved, or faked. A forged record with no token is simply ignored. This closes a class of attack where someone could otherwise fabricate a “the vote passed, pay me” record without any real vote ever happening.
FEES

Where the 2.0% trade fee goes

Every bonding curve trade generates a 2.0% fee, split three ways.

1.0% Creator fee escrow ADA (NIGHT for Tier C), monthly claim, bonding curve period only. Redirectable via CTO vote.
0.6% Platform treasury Accumulated as stablecoin (USDM default). Protocol liquidity reserve, not used for team salaries or operational costs.
0.4% Ops wallet Team operational budget. Also buys NIGHT on-market to generate DUST for Midnight transaction fees. Address is public and visible on the transparency page.
Total 2.0%
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Start your token launch

Configure your launch, choose your tier, set creator vesting, and go live. Tier A launches on Cardano L1. Tier B adds DarkVeil. Tier C is fully Midnight-native with maximum privacy.

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DARKVEIL

Learn how DarkVeil works

The full step-by-step guide to the private buying phase: registration, the NIGHT bond, ZK certificate, and worked examples.

DARKVEIL GUIDE
TRANSPARENCY

All wallets are public

Treasury and ops wallet addresses are public from day one. Quarterly spending disclosures published on the transparency page.

TRANSPARENCY
PREVIEW

See sample launches

Example launch cards for every state and tier — registration, DarkVeil active, live curve, graduated, DV failed — using demo data, not live launches.

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