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# Creator Buy & Sniper Protection

Memeko is designed to give creators flexibility when launching a token while providing trading safeguards intended to reduce certain unfair trading advantages.

This page explains the optional creator buy, maximum purchase limits, and slippage protection.

### 1. Optional Creator Buy

When launching a token, the creator may optionally purchase an initial allocation of their own token as part of the launch transaction.

This is optional. Creators do not need to make an initial purchase to launch a token.

The creator should review the purchase amount and launch settings before confirming the transaction.

On Memeko's intended Elysium and LitVM deployment, the supported payment asset and transaction process must match the final implementation.

### 2. Maximum Buy Limit

Memeko's documented design includes a maximum purchase limit during the bonding curve phase.

The purpose is to prevent a single transaction from buying an excessively large amount of the available token supply, helping reduce the risk of one buyer dominating the earliest trading activity.

The project materials give **1%–2% of total token supply per transaction** as an example range, not a confirmed final limit.

The actual limit should be displayed in the live application and enforced by the deployed smart contracts.

### 3. Slippage Protection

Token prices can change between the moment a trade is submitted and when it is executed.

Slippage protection allows a user to set the minimum acceptable result for a transaction.

For a buy, this may be expressed as the minimum number of tokens the user is willing to receive. For a sell, it may be expressed as the minimum amount of the trading asset the user is willing to receive.

If the transaction cannot satisfy the specified minimum, it should fail rather than execute below the user's limit, subject to the deployed contract's behavior.

#### Why Slippage Matters

Slippage can occur when:

* Other users trade before your transaction is executed.
* The bonding curve price changes as tokens are bought or sold.
* Market conditions change while a transaction is pending.

A tighter slippage setting can help limit the acceptable price difference, but it may also cause a transaction to fail more often.

### 4. What Is Sniping?

Sniping generally refers to buying a token very soon after it launches, often using automated tools to act quickly.

Early buying activity can move a token's price rapidly, making it harder for other users to obtain the price they expected.

Memeko's documented design includes maximum buy limits and slippage safeguards to help address some risks associated with early trading.

These measures do not guarantee that bots or automated traders will be prevented from participating.

### 5. What Is MEV and Sandwich Trading?

Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) refers to value that can be captured by influencing the ordering or inclusion of blockchain transactions.

A sandwich attack is one example: a trader or bot places transactions around another user's trade in an attempt to profit from the resulting price movement.

Slippage protection can limit how far a transaction's execution price may deviate from the user's chosen threshold. However, it does not eliminate all MEV risks or guarantee protection against every sandwich attack.

### 6. Before You Confirm a Trade

Before buying or selling a token, review:

* The current token price.
* The estimated amount you will receive.
* The slippage setting and minimum acceptable result.
* Any applicable platform fee and creator trading tax.
* The network gas fee.
* Any purchase limit that applies.

Always check the transaction summary in your wallet before signing.

### 7. Important Implementation Notes

The Memeko source materials describe the optional creator buy, maximum buy limits, and slippage safeguards as planned features. They also contain Base-specific references to native ETH.

Memeko is intended to launch on Elysium and LitVM , where **HYPE/zkLTC are the native gas token**. The supported trading asset, final buy-limit values, and exact anti-sniping implementation must be confirmed against the deployed Elysium and LitVM contracts.

Memeko's safeguards can help manage certain trading risks, but no safeguard guarantees a fair price, prevents every bot transaction, or makes a token safe to buy.