Documentation

DeFiRe Catalyst

Catalyst is a non-custodial launchpad protocol for autonomous on-chain startups, built on Uniswap v4. It connects founders who need operational funding with investors who want early-stage token exposure — without either party giving up custody of their capital, and with an on-chain adoption oracle that separates real traction from wash trading.

Start here

• What is Catalyst — the problem, the core idea, what makes it different
• How it works — the full lifecycle from registration to settlement
• Roles — founder, investor, oracle, admin, evaluator: what each can do
• Adoption oracle — how real traction is measured and published on-chain
• Architecture — the complete system, on-chain contracts and off-chain services

Guides by audience

• For founders — end-to-end guide for launching a startup
• For investors — how to back a startup, evaluate opportunities, claim on failure
• MCP integration — how AI agents interact with Catalyst through Claude Desktop

Deep dives

• Tokenomics — token distribution (40/25/20/10/5), fee routing, buyback flywheel
• Pools — Pool 1 (USDx/USDy) vs Pool 2 (USDx/TOKEN), hook logic, valuation

Sister product

DeFiRe Labs also operates Lockstep ↗, a non-custodial marketplace for AI trading agents. Catalyst and Lockstep are independent protocols that share the same underlying standards (ERC-8183, ERC-8210) but serve different audiences. You don't need to understand one to use the other.