Key Points
Cooking.City is a permissionless token issuance platform based on Solana. Anyone can freely start cooking (issuing), eat (trading) or cook (support projects) in this on-chain kitchen.
COOK is the core token of the platform. Users can earn COOK rewards by trading, inviting friends, completing tasks or successfully issuing tokens.
Token Kitchen adopts the Bonding Curve mechanism: the more people buy, the higher the price, the greater the benefits for early participants, and the whole process is more open and transparent.
Currently, Cooking Points are issued, which will be automatically exchanged for COOK tokens in the TGE (Token Generation Event).
The project does not have a traditional VC investment share, but it has real institutional funding support, a transparent roadmap, an increasingly active community, and a very clear reward mechanism.
Cooking.City brings a new flavor to on-chain finance: token issuance and trading have been turned into a cooking experience. Users can issue their own tokens in the kitchen using Bonding Curve technology, while others can participate in the transaction like ordering food. Early experiencers can also earn cooking points that can be exchanged for the official token COOK in the future.
This is not just a platform for playing with memes. Behind Cooking.City is real technology + real capital. Not only has it reached cooperation with well-known DeFi projects such as Meteora and Streamflow, it also has over 7 million US dollars in funding support, and its architecture is based on real smart contracts. In addition to the interesting cooking settings, it also has invitation rebates, project graduation mechanism, lottery system (FIRE lottery) and governance mechanism that will be launched soon, truly achieving everyone can participate, everyone can make money.
What is Cooking.City, COOK tokens, and Solana’s coin issuance superpower?
DeFi meets the kitchen, everyone is a chef or a diner
Welcome to the decentralized kitchen on the chain
Don’t be fooled by the name. Although Cooking.City sounds like a meme project, it is actually a serious permissionless token issuance platform on the Solana chain. Developers can “cook” and issue tokens, and traders are “diners” who come to “taste the new products” first. There is no VC, no insider whitelist, and no need to ask others to pull you into the group. You just need to go online and join the fun to participate in the next hot token.
The original intention of Cooking.City is to break the threshold of issuing tokens, allowing anyone to freely issue tokens through a kitchen system called Token Kitchen. This is not a traditional mass-produced DeFi factory, but a fair launch platform that is dressed in the guise of food, driven by on-chain mechanisms, and favors meme players.
Core gameplay: chefs, diners and free currency issuance
Let’s see how this “kitchen metaphor” works:
Developers = Chefs, “cooking” new tokens in the kitchen
Traders = Eaters, the first to taste the freshly cooked tokens
Token Kitchen = The starting point of the entire coin issuance process
The token price adopts the Bonding Curve mechanism, which means that the earlier you buy, the cheaper it is. There are no front-running robots or insider trading, and it’s all based on mathematical formulas.
Just like when the internet-famous restaurant downstairs from your house becomes popular, the price of vegetables also goes up: the more people there are, the more expensive the tokens become, and those who come early will naturally make money.
This model rewards early participants and ensures the transparency of the entire process. You don’t need to know the project owner, you just need to be fast and greedy.
So, what is COOK?
Let’s get back to the main dish - COOK is the platform token of Cooking.City and the soul of this “kitchen universe”.
But COOK tokens are not just a trading currency, they are also a tool for doing tasks to earn rewards. You can get them in the following ways:
Participate in transactions
Invite friends
Complete on-chain/social tasks
Successfully issue coins and attract traders to participate
These actions will earn you Cooking Points , which will be automatically converted into COOK tokens after the airdrop (TGE). So you are not mining, you are accumulating reputation and contribution - and what you get in the end is the truly valuable platform tokens.
In the future, COOK will unlock more features, such as:
Lottery System (FIRE Lottery)
DAO Governance
Fee discount
And a series of spicy mechanisms waiting for the development team to add fuel to the fire
TheStreet.com has declared cooking.city to be the birthplace of onchain conviction
Why did it become popular?
The charm of Cooking.City is that it is not only useful, but also very fun. Issuing coins here has become a highly participatory experience, game and reward system.
Whether you are a developer, a speculator, or a player who wants to participate in some on-chain tasks to earn some coins, this kitchen is always open and waiting for you to join in. Whether you are here to speculate on coins, mint coins, or simply want to work and earn some rewards, Cooking.City welcomes you to cook together.
How to “cook”, “taste new things” and “be the chef” in Cooking.City without spending too much money?
A Getting Started Guide for Token Issuers, Traders, and On-Chain Kitchen Staff
【Cook】Want to issue coins? Come to Cooking.City and “start cooking” yourself!
Want to do something heavy on the chain? In Cooking.City, anyone can become a Cook, that is, a coin issuer. No need to know VCs, no need to apply for whitelists, just go to the stove!
The operation is very simple:
Open Token Kitchen
Give your token a name, set the total amount and initial price
(Optional) Save some SOL in the Conviction Pool (to be discussed later)
Click Launch
Done! You have made your first token!
The price of tokens issued in this way will be automatically adjusted according to the Bonding Curve (elasticity curve) - the more people buy, the more expensive it is. Its like the price increase during peak hours of taxi rides, but its on the chain, and no one can get ahead of you.
This is perfect for meme projects, community experiments, or that “$RAMEN” token you’re yelling about all day in Discord.
If your tokens are bought for more than 400 SOL within 5 days, they will automatically “graduate” to the next stage:
Launched on decentralized exchange Meteora to gain greater liquidity
The tokens held by developers will be locked for 30 days (managed by Streamflow)
The SOL in the belief pool will be injected into the token liquidity to increase the buying and selling depth
【Diner】Come and try the tokens fresh out of the pot!
As a diner, your goal is to be the first to discover new tokens. Open the Cooking.City homepage and enter the Token Kitchen, where you can see the tokens that are being launched or have just been launched.
The sooner you buy, the cheaper the price
Waiting too long is like missing out on the ICO boom in 2017 and getting the “instant noodle price”
Every time you buy, hold, or interact, you will earn Cooking Points, which will be exchanged for COOK tokens in future airdrops.
Even if you don’t double your money, you won’t go home empty-handed.
How to see which tokens are worth buying? You can refer to:
The popularity of the project on social media
Is the Conviction Pool enabled? (This indicates that the project has investment faith)
Whether to label it as “Michelin Mode” (high performance token)
And the entire platform is non-custodial: connect your wallet and trade directly on Solana, which is safe and convenient.
【Chef】The fuel engine of the kitchen
How can a kitchen operate without a Chef? In Cooking.City, Chef is more like a miner/liquidity provider, the person who keeps the entire kitchen running.
The smart contract architecture of the platform has designed an incentive mechanism specifically for these participants to ensure that the kitchen continues to keep the fire. Currently, the role of Chef is mostly to automate the operation of the protocol layer, but according to GitBook and official X dynamics, more revenue channels will be opened in the future:
Node operation rewards
Liquidity Mining
It may even introduce a COOK staking system similar to the validator mechanism
Simply put: as long as you are early enough and active enough, whether it is issuing coins, trading, or providing support, it all counts as cooking.
Are you ready for a bite at Cooking.City?
COOK tokens are now available for pre-market trading and P2P block trading on XT , and can also be traded directly on the Cooking.City official website.
The next section will tell you how to participate and how to use the referral code to claim extra rewards, so don’t go away~
Before you get started, learn this set of “kitchen jargon”!
A Cooking.City exclusive dictionary of terms: making your game more interesting than ordinary DEX
Don’t be fooled by Cooking.City’s fancy terms, which may seem like a joke, but behind them are real on-chain mechanisms. Here is a practical guide behind this set of “food memes”, I recommend saving it!
🍽️ Token Kitchen: Tokens are fired from here
This is the core function of Cooking.City - a kitchen where everyone can issue coins. No application form is required, no review is required, and no queue is required for any L1 approval committee. You only need a wallet and an idea to start cooking!
The token price is based on the Bonding Curve:
Every time you buy it, the price goes up a little
You can also sell at any time and exit at the current curve price.
Fair, transparent, and traceable on the chain, no one can play tricks
Conviction Pool: Don’t serve up “fast food scams”
This is the mechanism that Cooking.City uses to prevent Rug. If developers want to prove that they are not dealing in vain, they can deposit SOL into the belief pool.
If the token graduates successfully, the SOL will be injected into its liquidity
If failed, it will be automatically refunded after 5 days
Diagram explaining the workings of the Conviction Pool in Cooking.City, highlighting token creation, bonding curves, and the graduation process.
This is equivalent to a promise from the project team to the community: We are serious about cooking, not serving a dish of twice-cooked pork to cheat people out of their money.
Graduation: From side dish to main dish!
If a token is bought for more than 400 SOL in 5 days, it will graduate. Then it can enjoy a series of platform certification benefits:
Automatic listing on Meteora DEX
Enter the token lock-up and liquidity injection smart contract
Officially becoming a “mature token” on Solana!
This threshold mechanism also ensures the quality of the platform: only projects recognized by the community can be “put on the table”.
Michelin Mode: A little spicy, a little strong!
T was rated as a Michelin Mode token by the platform, indicating that it has outstanding performance, such as high user activity, frequent transactions, and enthusiastic community interaction.
After being selected, you will enjoy:
Platform exposure bonus
Participants can get more cooking points rewards
You may also be selected for special airdrops or lottery pools
You can think of it as a chefs kiss given by the platform personally.
Cooking Points: Your on-chain scorecard
Every action you take on the platform — trading, inviting, issuing coins, staking — will earn you cooking points.
These points determine the proportion of your future COOK airdrops
It may also be used for platform governance, fee deduction and other functions in the future
This is not just a simple tool to show off on the rankings, it is your ticket to officially qualify for COOK airdrop!
Referral System: Share the “sauce” and eat together!
Cooking.Citys invitation system is also quite sincere:
You get 28% of the transaction fees generated by the first-level friends you invite.
You can also get 7% of the share for the second-level friends he invites.
You won’t be charged any fees for the invitation, nor will your friends have to spend extra money. It’s like you’re using other people’s gas to add dishes to your own meals, killing two birds with one stone!
Overview of the Cooking.City referral system, detailing tiered rewards for direct and indirect referrals.
FIRE Raffles: DeFi has to have some fun too!
The most active users (whether issuing coins, trading or inviting) have the opportunity to participate in the platform’s FIRE prize pool draw.
Winners can receive:
Free Tokens
Cooking Points Bonus
Other privileges of platform ecology
It feels like the blockchain version of an “arcade”, but without having to spend coins on slot machines, you could win a big prize every time you participate.
To sum up: Even though the kitchen is hot, don’t be afraid to cook!
Cooking.Citys kitchen terms may look funny on the surface, but they are actually shortcuts to help you understand the logic of the platform and participate more intelligently.
Remember this: the kitchen always welcomes those who come early, are diligent enough and are willing to get their hands dirty.
With just a few clicks, you can also cook a delicious dish of your own here.
Whos running this kitchen? Whats behind the apron?
Dont be fooled by the meme shell, Cooking.City is not just a place for memes and cuteness, it has real technology, funds, and clear operation logic. The reason why this kitchen doesnt explode is because of real ingredients.
Completely on-chain, permissionless, and zero VC involvement — it’s that hardcore
The core concept of Cooking.City is: openness, transparency, and no central control.
No pre-screening, no approval process
No financing application required
No project team has the final say on whether you can issue a coin
The entire process is 100% on-chain: from coin issuance, trading to graduation, it is fully automated. As long as you have a wallet and an idea, you can go online.
More importantly, it is not a platform where VCs eat meat first and retail investors drink soup. Cooking.City is clearly taking the anti-insider route. Whether you can buy early tokens depends entirely on your hand speed and participation. You can also eat at the table without a background.
There is no VC behind it, but there are real money supporters
Although the platform emphasizes de-VC, in order to build the platform, Cooking.City still raised $7 million. However, this money was not earned from users, nor from NFT circles, but was invested by a group of top institutions:
Jump Crypto
CMT Digital
Wintermute Ventures
Mirana Ventures
Big Brain Holdings
Delphi Digital
Maven 11
This group of people usually invest in projects with a market value of hundreds of millions and real infrastructure. Their support means that the platform is not just a meme, but a serious project with a real DeFi foundation.
GitBook: This is your open source cookbook
Don’t be fooled by the fancy look of the official website, the documentation of Cooking.City is actually quite hardcore and can all be found at cooking-city.gitbook.io .
You can find:
Coin Issuance Rules
Mathematical Model of Bonding Curve
Graduation Standards
How are the fees allocated?
How to calculate the invitation fee
COOK’s Token Economy and Release Plan
Development Tools and API Interface
All open source, transparent, and permissionless. This is really rare among a bunch of DeFi projects that are vaguely written and have no documents.
🧰 Development tools + smart contracts = a real cooking toolbox
If you are a real technical chef, the platform also prepares various kitchen equipment for you:
Simple coin issuance UI operation interface
After the token graduates, it will automatically connect to Meteora DEX
Automatic lock-up mechanism (developer tokens are managed by Streamflow)
All smart contracts are open source, including Bonding Curve, token tracking tools, etc.
The most important thing is: all contracts have been audited, all parameters are fixed on the chain, and the rules cannot be changed afterwards to rug users.
Although coin issuance does not require centralized approval, the entire mechanism is locked, open, and transparent.
How does the platform make money? — “Baking profits” through trading activities
HCooking.Citys profit logic is also very clear and not false:
All token transactions are charged a 1% platform fee
The fees received will be used for reward distribution, FIRE lottery, and ecological incentives
In the invitation mechanism, users can get 28% + 7% commission share
Simply put: the platform relies on community activity, not on sales/airdrop tactics to profit from it.
Believe it, but verify it too - Cooking.City encourages you to check
Full chain transparency
Contract audited
The organization behind it is reliable
The core mechanism is user-friendly
Cooking.City does not rely on vibe to maintain its popularity, but is a DeFi platform packaged as a meme that operates like a DAO.
You can think of it as a fun and useful chain kitchen, but dont forget: this kitchen requires real skills.
Out of the pot vs. still cooking: What exactly has Cooking.City come up with?
Take a look at the progress, status and expectations of Cooking.City 2024 – 2025 in one article!
To be honest, many projects nowadays are promising a feast at the beginning, but in the end, even the French fries are soggy. But Cooking.City is different - this is a real cooking by someone!
The results have been released (that is, they are online and running normally)
Token Kitchen is now live: Hundreds of tokens have been issued through the on-chain kitchen. As long as you have an idea (and preferably some aesthetic sense), you can be a MasterChef on Solana.
The Bonding Curve trading logic is very stable: the price is adjusted dynamically with buying and selling. It is not a pseudo-DeFi that looks like a food theme but is actually a lot of air. It is a mechanism that really works.
The graduation mechanism has been implemented: dozens of tokens have successfully exceeded 400 SOL cumulative purchases and are directly listed on Meteora DEX. Developer tokens are also automatically locked through Streamflow, and the process is standard and transparent.
Invitation rebate system is online: now you can get 28% commission on transaction fees by inviting friends to trade, and you can get 7% commission on second-level invitation.
COOK tokens have completed pre-market listing on XT.com : the first batch of P2P transactions have been opened, real price discovery has been formed before TGE, and the foundation is very solid.
Whats Stewing (Ongoing Events Updates)
Galxe + Zealy event in progress: Complete on-chain tasks or social interactions to earn Cooking Points, which will be used to earn COOK airdrops in the future.
FIRE lucky draws are constantly being held: users with high trading volume, long-term coin holding or active community members have the opportunity to win random airdrops, where coins are given directly, without any fancy moves.
Ranking exposure plan: The strongest traders, chefs and recommenders will be featured on the official Twitter @CookingCityHQ every week - you need exposure and ranking, here you can find it!
The community is getting more and more popular: the number of online tokens has exceeded 100, the number of active wallets has exceeded 10,000, and the number of daily active discussions on X (Twitter) continues to soar!
Whats next? Heres the roadmap for the future
According to GitBook, development logs and official X updates, the plans for the second half of 2024 are as follows:
COOK TGE (Token Generation Event) is coming soon: multiple events have begun to announce airdrop snapshots, and the countdown to the launch has begun!
COOK token uses are fully unlocked:
Pay the fee with COOK
Participate in the FIRE Sweepstakes
Supports staking governance mechanisms (DAO will be available soon)
The coin issuance function continues to be upgraded: including more customization options, richer data analysis panels, and more flexible coin issuance control.
Expand Chefs nodes and on-chain infrastructure: It is expected to support roles such as verification nodes, liquidity providers, oracles, etc. to obtain on-chain rewards.
Community DAO + Treasury Governance Mechanism: After TGE, the COOK-driven DAO will be officially launched, responsible for community incentive allocation, mechanism modification, cooperation proposals and other governance powers.
Why should you enter now? If you miss it, you will have to wait in line
Bottom line: You’re still in the early stages.
The platform mechanism is running steadily, tokens are continuously launched, and the reward system is already in operation. But the key point is: the airdrop has not been issued yet, and the token function has not been fully activated.
So now if you:
Start trading tokens
Invite friends to participate
Post some creative projects (even if it’s $TOMATO)
Or quietly hoard points and become a point hoarder
Then you are preparing for future COOK airdrops and grabbing a share before COOK becomes the next Solana traffic password.
The last few sincere words
Cooking.City is not just a meme project, it is more like an innovation on the chain.
In this industry where big investors often monopolize the market and VCs take advantage of the situation, Cooking.City has chosen to do the opposite: it puts the spatula in the hands of ordinary users and says, Come on, you can cook.
Whether you are:
Looking for a developer of a fair coin issuance platform
On-chain trading players who like to try new things and follow hot topics
Or are you just a community member who wants to get some COOK airdrops by inviting people and completing tasks?
This kitchen is open 24 hours a day, and youre always welcome to come in and mix things up.
As the crypto industry gradually moves toward the masses and users have higher and higher requirements for transparency, fairness, and returns, platforms like Cooking.City, which have no whitelist, no VC, and full chain, may be the protagonists of the next wave of DeFi craze.
So what are you waiting for? Put on your apron and hold the spatula, its not too late to start cooking now. Those who come early can always have a few more bites of hot dishes.
FAQ about Cooking.City, COOK Token, and Solana Launchpad
Q1: How to withdraw COOK tokens after they go online?
COOK will be available for redemption after the TGE (Token Generation Event). As long as you have Cooking Points and they are recorded in the snapshot, you can go to the backend of Cooking.City or the airdrop interface to redeem and withdraw.
Q2: Is Cooking.City safe and reliable? Is it audited?
The platforms smart contracts are publicly accessible and connected to key components including Streamflow (for locking positions) and Meteora (decentralized exchanges). Of course, any DeFi project recommends that you DYOR (do your own research), and safety always comes first.
Q3: I don’t know how to program. Can I still issue coins?
Of course you can! Cooking.City provides a zero-code coin issuance interface. You only need to fill in basic information (such as token name, initial price, total amount), and you can complete the coin issuance in a few clicks, without writing any code.
Q4: What happens if my token fails to graduate?
Even if you haven’t graduated, your tokens can still be traded normally through Bonding Curve. But you will not receive the benefits of “graduation”, such as listing on DEX, project token lock-up, platform support, etc.
Q 5: Why should I use your invitation code to register?
Because you won’t spend a penny more, and there won’t be any extra handling fees, but I can get a little share of the platform as a referral reward. This is the meaning of DeFi: win-win is king!
