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FAQ

Last updated October 21, 2026

Short answers. The longer ones are in the whitepaper and the how-it-works page.

Is WICK free?

Yes. WICK charges nothing. pump.fun, PumpPortal (only on a first buy) and the Solana network have their own costs, all listed on the fees page and shown exactly by preflight.

Does WICK hold my coin or my keys?

No. WICK never holds keys, funds, the mint or the metadata. It is a static page that builds a transaction and asks your wallet to sign it.

What is preflight?

A simulation of the exact create transaction on a Solana node, run before anything is signed. It shows what leaves your wallet, what you receive, the compute used and the program logs. If the program would reject the transaction, you see the error instead of a wallet prompt.

What is a receipt?

A small JSON record of the launch (mint, creator, metadata hash, cost, transaction) stored on Arweave and signed by your wallet. Anyone can verify it from the Receipts section. See receipts.

How many signatures does a launch take?

Three storage signatures (art, metadata, receipt; all free messages, no SOL) and one transaction signature (the create). With a Pinata key there are no storage signatures and no receipt.

Why did preflight fail?

The most common reasons: not enough SOL for rent plus the first buy, a ticker already locked by a pending transaction, or an RPC hiccup. The program's own log line is shown under the readout. Fix the cause and run preflight again.

Can I get a mint address ending in "pump"?

Yes, tick the option. Your browser grinds random keypairs in web workers until one ends in pump, usually a few minutes. You can skip at any time and use a random address.

Where is my art stored?

On Arweave, through Irys, permanently. Files under 100 KB are free; stills are shrunk to fit. You can paste a Pinata key to use IPFS instead.

Where are my creator fees?

pump.fun keeps the creator's 0.30% share in a per-creator vault. With your wallet connected, WICK reads it and shows the unclaimed amount. Claim on pump.fun.

Can WICK launch several coins at once, or sell for me?

No, and it will not. One launch, one wallet, one signature.

Is there a $WICK token?

Planned. Its address will appear in the $WICK section of the landing page first. Until it does, every "$WICK" is an impostor. Holding it is never required to launch.

Which wallets work?

Phantom, Solflare and Backpack are tested. Any injected wallet that can sign transactions and messages should work; one that cannot sign messages can still launch with a Pinata key.

Something went wrong mid-launch. Did I lose SOL?

Before the Sign step nothing has left your wallet. After Confirm, the transaction either succeeded (your coin is live) or failed on-chain (only the network fee is spent). Check the transaction link in the result or your wallet's history.