This guide walks through using ZecPad as a trader or creator: connecting a wallet, launching a token, buying and selling on the curve, and what happens at migration.
ZecPad supports Phantom, Solflare, and any wallet that implements the Solana Wallet Standard (including Backpack). Click Connect (top right, or the WALLET tab on mobile) and choose your wallet from the list.
ZecPad never asks for your seed phrase and never holds your keys — every action is a transaction or message you approve in your own wallet.
Open Create and follow the three-step wizard:
Step 1 — Identity
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name | The token's display name (e.g. "Veilcoin") |
| Ticker | The token's symbol, prefixed with $ (e.g. $VEIL) |
| Avatar | A 16×16 pixel image. Draw one in the built-in editor or upload a PNG — non-square images are pixel-cropped to fit |
Step 2 — Curve
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Curve shape | STEEP, LINEAR, or FLAT — how aggressively price rises as the curve fills (see Bonding Curve & Tokenomics) |
| Supply | Total token supply, minted once at creation |
| Migration target | SOL raised on the curve that triggers automatic migration to a DEX pool |
| Dev buy | Optional SOL the creator commits to buy at launch, executed in the same transaction as the mint — this is the only allocation a creator can get, and it goes through the same curve pricing as everyone else |
Step 3 — Privacy
Toggle Privacy Mode on or off for this token. Read exactly what this does and doesn't hide in the Privacy Mode explainer before deciding — the short version is in-app: "Holder balances and trade sizes are shielded on-chain. Curve progress, supply and the mint stay public so buyers can still verify the launch."
The review screen shows the total cost (mint fee, plus a one-time shield setup fee if Privacy Mode is on, plus your dev buy). Confirm in your wallet to deploy.
On a token's page, the BUY / SELL panel shows:
Every trade is a single on-chain transaction against the token's bonding curve — there is no order book and no counterparty risk beyond the curve program itself.
If the token has Privacy Mode on, the buy/sell button reads BUY SHIELDED / SELL SHIELDED, and your resulting balance and the trade size are encrypted (see Privacy Mode for what that does and does not cover).
Every token launches with a fixed migration target in SOL (set by the creator at launch, shown on the token page as "TO MIGRATION — X% · Y SOL LEFT"). Once the curve's real SOL reserves reach that target:
After migration, the token trades on the open market like any other SPL token. If a curve never reaches its migration target, it simply keeps trading on the curve indefinitely — there's no deadline or expiry.
Privacy Mode trades require an extra one-time step per session: signing a plain message (not a transaction — no funds move) that unlocks shielded trading in your wallet for 24 hours. You'll see this as "Activate Shield" on the WALLET page. This session key never leaves your device and expires automatically.