Frequently Asked Questions

Registration & Ownership

What is a token registration?

A registration is a verified on-chain credential proving you own a specific token name on a specific chain. It's recorded on the same chain your project uses and serves as the authoritative record of name ownership. (Under the hood it's a soulbound NFT. You don't need to think about that to use Chain Daddy.)

Each registration represents a specific token's ticker on a specific chain (e.g., the DOGE token at address 0x123... on Ethereum). The registered owner controls the token's metadata, listing data, and token page.

How is this different from a bio-link page?

A bio-link page is a URL with some links. Anyone can claim anything. Nothing is verified. A Chain Daddy registration is a verified on-chain record proving you own a project, with a customizable token page built on top of it and a health score monitoring whether you're still active. The page is what people see. The on-chain proof is why they should trust it.

Can I transfer my registration to another wallet?

No. Registrations are permanently bound to your wallet. They cannot be transferred, sold, or traded. This is enforced at the smart contract level.

If you need to change ownership, you can:

• Release your registration (retires the on-chain credential and frees the ticker for anyone to register)
• Use the deals system to facilitate a structured ownership transition with built-in holder protections

Recommendation

Register from a multisig wallet (like a Safe) for built-in key rotation and recovery without losing your registration.

What if I lose access to my wallet?

Nobody can recover it for you. There are no admin functions to move or reassign registrations.

Your options:

1. Wait for activity decay: If your token's health score stays below 60 for 30+ consecutive days, the registration expires and the ticker becomes available again
2. Register from a new wallet: Once expired, anyone (including you from a new wallet) can register the ticker through the standard flow (see pricing)

Prevention

To avoid this scenario, register from a multisig wallet. Multisig wallets allow key rotation without changing the wallet address, so you can recover access even if individual keys are compromised.

What happens when a registration expires?

When a token's health score drops below the threshold for an extended period, the registration expires and the ticker becomes eligible for re-registration again — by the original owner or by anyone else who passes verification. Expiry isn't a loss; it simply reopens the slot, so an active project can re-register while an abandoned ticker doesn't stay locked forever.

There is no separate "reclaim" process. Re-registering an expired ticker works exactly like a fresh registration — verify ownership, pay the fee, done — whether you're the original owner coming back or a new registrant.

Can Chain Daddy take my registration or reassign it?

No. The smart contract has no admin functions for restoring or forcibly transferring registrations. Chain Daddy cannot:

• Revoke or release your registration
• Transfer it to another wallet
• Override your metadata
• Bypass the health score system

The only way a registration changes hands is through natural activity decay (inactivity) or an explicit owner-initiated release or deal.

What happens if two people register the same name?

Each registration is tied to a specific token contract on a specific chain. If multiple tokens share the same ticker on the same chain, each can have its own registration. The first valid registration for a given (symbol, chain, token) slot wins and is not displaced — there is no mechanism for a "stronger" verification to take over an existing registration.

Verification method strength matters only when a slot is open (unclaimed or expired). If someone else holds the slot for your token, your path is to wait for their registration to expire through activity decay — a squatter can't keep it without genuine on-chain activity — and claim it then.

Costs & Pricing

How much does it cost?

For the current rate card, see Registration & Creation Pricing (one-time fees) and Token Plans (recurring tools and API access).

OG projects pay no platform fee — only gas.

What are gas costs?

Gas is paid to the chain, not to Chain Daddy, and varies by network — L2s and Solana are consistently under a dollar, Ethereum mainnet swings the most. See the gas estimates table for typical per-chain costs.

Do I qualify as an OG project?

You may qualify for free registration (no platform fee, gas only) if your token is 60+ days old with sufficient market cap and liquidity — checked automatically at registration time. See OG Free Registration for the exact thresholds.

Chains & Tokens

What chains are supported?

Live today: Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Gnosis, and Solana. More chains (starting with Optimism) are coming — see the full supported chains table for tiers and details.

Token verification and creation work on all live chains. Upcoming chains have token data pre-populated via our data pipeline.

Can I register a token I didn't create?

Yes, if you can prove ownership through one of the supported verification methods:

• Deployer: Your wallet deployed the token contract
• Owner: The contract's owner() function returns your address
• Mint/Update Authority (Solana): You control minting or metadata
• Majority Holder: You hold >50% of the token supply

You don't need to be the original deployer. Any valid verification method works.

Can I have the same name on multiple chains?

Yes. Each chain has its own registration for a given ticker. You can register DOGE on Arbitrum, DOGE on Solana, and DOGE on Base — each is a separate registration.

Register them from the same wallet and they link automatically under one unified token page — no linking fee, no extra step. Buying 2+ chains in one order gets the multi-chain bundle discount (see pricing).

Airdrops & Distribution

How do airdrops work — does Chain Daddy hold my tokens?

No. Airdrops are non-custodial: your tokens stay in your own wallet, and you approve a spending allowance (capped at your campaign budget) to a distributor address. Each confirmed claim transfers directly from your wallet to the claimant, and revoking the allowance stops distribution instantly.

See the Airdrops guide for modes (allowlist vs first-come-first-serve), eligibility gates, and funding.

Is claiming an airdrop safe? What am I signing?

Claiming is free and risk-free for the recipient: you sign a short message that proves you control your wallet — it moves nothing and grants no permissions — and the tokens are then sent to you, with gas paid by the distributor. You never submit a transaction or approve anything.

More detail in Claim Statuses and Troubleshooting.

Apps & Extensibility

Can I extend my token page with apps?

Yes. Apps are services that extend your token page — headless (API-only) or visual (embeddable widgets). Examples include tip widgets, buy buttons, and holder snapshots.

See Creator Tools for available integrations, or browse the App Directory from your token page's Apps tab.

Activity & Risk

How does the health score work?

Your health score is a 0-100 number, computed daily from three on-chain signals:

• Activity timestamp (50%): How long since the listing was registered (a stepped decay)
• Trading volume (30%): DEX volume, smoothed and capped against pool liquidity to filter wash trading
• Holder health (20%): The shape of your holder distribution — concentration, suspicious wallets, breadth

If your score stays below 60 for 30 consecutive days (after the 30-day new-registration grace period), the registration expires and the ticker becomes available for anyone to register through the standard flow (see pricing).

See Token Health & Activity for full details.

How do I prevent my registration from going inactive?

Keep your token active:

• Maintain regular trading volume
• Grow your holder count
• Keep your token listed on on-chain exchanges

New registrations have a 30-day grace period during which the listing cannot be reclaimed regardless of score. After grace, if your score drops below 60 you'll receive alerts (Pro subscribers get email/push notifications) and have 30 days to recover before the slot becomes reclaimable.

What stops people from hoarding tickers?

Ticker squatting is prevented through:

1. Activity decay: Tokens whose health score stays below 60 for 30 consecutive days lose their registration — a squatter can't hold a name without keeping the token genuinely active
2. First-claim-wins: Expired tickers become available to anyone, so real projects can take over abandoned names
3. Expired-slot reclaim: Re-registering an expired ticker goes through the standard registration flow (see pricing)

See Token Health & Activity for the full mechanism.

Technical

Is the underlying contract upgradeable?

Yes, the registration contract uses the UUPS (Universal Upgradeable Proxy Standard) pattern. Upgrades can only be initiated by the admin multisig. However, upgrades cannot:

• Revoke existing registrations
• Make registrations transferable
• Add transfer functionality
• Modify ownership records

The upgrade mechanism exists only for bug fixes and new feature additions.

What happens if Chain Daddy shuts down?

Your registration exists on-chain regardless of whether Chain Daddy is online. Even if the website goes offline:

• Your on-chain credential remains in your wallet
• The smart contract continues to function
• Health score updates stop (no new expirations)
• On-chain metadata is preserved

Your registration is an on-chain credential that any operator or app can read and respect without going through us — Chain Daddy never really owns your data.

The Token List standard endpoints can be run by anyone with the contract address.

Can I interact with the contract directly?

Yes. The registration contract is verified on-chain. You can:

• Call release() to retire your registration
• Call setManager() to assign a manager
• Read heartbeatScore() for current status
• Use any block explorer or direct RPC calls

See the API Reference for programmatic access, or the CLI for command-line interaction.