Chapter 05 · Money

Buying and holding

You never have to buy a token to play. Holding a vault's token gives you a share of its holder rewards.

Where to buy

Tokens trade on Pump.fun. Each vault page links to its token's Pump.fun page. Always compare the token address on the vault page with the one in your wallet before buying — names and symbols can be copied, addresses cannot.

How holder rewards are calculated

Your share = your eligible tokens × time held ÷ total eligible balance-time of all holders × the funded holder pool.

Illustrative example: you hold 200 token-hours out of 1,000 eligible token-hours, and the holder pool holds 0.30 SOL. 200 ÷ 1,000 × 0.30 = 0.06 SOL accrued to you, which then goes through the normal payout process.

In the current engine, time is measured in hourly distribution intervals: each time the pool reaches 0.01 SOL, balances are snapshotted and split for that interval. Amounts are rounded down to whole lamports. The Technical reference has the exact rules.

Who is eligible

Ordinary wallets holding the token at distribution time.
Program-owned accounts (like the bonding curve) and the vault's own wallet are excluded.
Shares under 0.0005 SOL are not sent that interval and remain in the pool.

When you sell

Selling changes your future eligibility only. SOL already accrued to you stays yours and continues to payout.