🚨 One of the most interesting launchpad designs I've come across recently:

SazareProtocol ($SZR) - 900k mcap

Everyone copied Pump.fun's bonding curve. Sazare is trying to replace it.

Issues with PF (bonding curve) model:
• Snipers take it all
• Dumping without floor
• LP is too low to size in

Possible external solutions that serious teams use are external market makers, supply control, exchange listings etc

Sazare turns the Uniswap v4 pool itself into the market maker using hooks, removing the need for external market makers. Everything written in 1 single contract without need of any external intervention.

Some mechanics that caught my attention:
🟢 Rising price floor
50% of issuance proceeds are permanently locked into a redemption reserve.
70% of trading fees (1% tax) are added to that reserve.
The reserve acts as a protocol-owned buy wall that only grows over time.

🔥 Sell pressure reduces supply
When price reaches the redemption floor, the reserve buys tokens back.
Those tokens are burned permanently instead of being recycled.

📈 Supply expands only with demand
Hard cap: 1B tokens.
No team allocation.
New supply is minted only when buyers pay issuance, with half of proceeds strengthening the reserve.

🚀 Launchpad flywheel
Anyone can launch a floor-backed token.
Launchpad revenue is used to buy back and burn $SZR (50% trading fee).
Projects can even choose different backing assets (ETH, stablecoins, tokenized RWAs/Robinhood assets in the future).

Instead of relying on OTC deals/ Market makers/ Mercenary LPs, protocol attempts to make liquidity and downside protection part of the token's design through V4 hooks.

Protocol had a relaunch for contract upgrades for better liquidity on every platform (bots/ aggregator/ their own pool on website). This is one of the more innovative token launch models I've seen in a while. If Uniswap v4 hooks become the standard for token launches, protocols like Sazare could be worth paying attention to.

X: https://x.com/SazareProtocol

Comparison with Sato Protocol (30M ath):

Similarlity lies in the concept that both build a treasury and maintains a downside token price support. However, Sazare is more focussed on launchpad infrastructure while sato was focussed on reserve asset only. So Sazare's model is more scalable on paper atleast.

As usual, I bought and that's the only reason I post here. Good thing is that there aint many KOLs talking about it for now. Getting attention from some whales/ FA guys only. Time your entries as I see it as a slow mooner.

Cheers!

Ps: price mooned a bit by the time i was writing this thesis.