Collateral, Not Promises

A raise on Shorolink does not land in a founder wallet. It buys a basket of tokenized ETFs that sits in a segregated vault, and the token you hold is a claim against it. The floor is written into the contract, not into a promise.
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Backed from block one
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Redeemable at any time
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Auditable day-by-day
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PROPOSITIONS

What a Backed Launch Guarantees

  • COLLATERAL

    Built on Boring Collateral

    Vaults hold broad-market ETFs — not governance tokens, and never the launch token itself. Boring collateral is the whole point: it is deep, it is priced continuously, and it does not evaporate the moment sentiment turns against the project it secures.
  • CUSTODY

    One Vault Per Launch

    Each project is issued its own segregated vault at a published address. There is no shared reserve, no cross-collateralization, and no mechanism by which one launch can be drained to rescue another.
  • REDEMPTION

    Redemption Is a Right

    Holders can burn tokens against their pro-rata share of the basket at any time. Redemption is enforced by the vault contract and does not depend on a team choosing to honor it.
  • VESTING

    Founders Earn Forward

    The raise capitalizes the vault first. Founders draw against delivered milestones on a schedule published before the launch opens, so compensation follows the work rather than preceding it.
  • PROOF

    Everything Is Checkable

    Vault addresses, basket composition, backing ratio, and the full redemption history are public from the first block. Nothing about a launch here requires taking our word for it.
The Case for Backed Launches
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Token launches have gone a decade without a balance sheet. Attaching one changes what a launch can credibly promise, who is able to underwrite it, and what is left standing when the initial enthusiasm runs out.
  • A floor changes the downside

    Backing does not make a project succeed. It does put a number underneath it. Holders stop being purely exposed to sentiment and start owning a claim on assets that demonstrably exist.
  • ETFs are the deepest collateral available

    Broad-market funds trade continuously against real order books. As collateral they price cleanly, they absorb size, and their value is uncorrelated to the launch they happen to secure.
  • Tokenization makes the basket provable

    When the fund position itself sits on-chain, the reserve stops being a quarterly attestation from an auditor. It becomes an address anyone can read at any moment, without asking permission.
  • Backing widens who can participate

    Allocators who cannot justify an unbacked token can often justify a collateralized one. A floor is what makes a launch legible to capital that operates under a mandate.
FROM THE LAUNCHPAD

The Shorolink Vault Standard

FAQ

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    Where do vaults settle?

    Vaults are deployed on Robinhood Chain (chain ID 4663). Every vault address is published with its launch, so backing can be read directly from the chain rather than taken on trust.

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    What exactly is a vault?
    A vault is a contract that holds the basket of tokenized ETFs backing one launch. It is segregated to that launch, it cannot hold the token it backs, and it exposes a redemption function that any holder can call at any time.
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    How is this different from a normal launch?

    In a normal launch, the money raised goes to the team and the token is a claim on nothing. Here the money capitalizes a vault, the token is a claim on that vault, and the team draws from escrow only as milestones are met.

    The practical difference shows up when a project stalls. An unbacked token is worth whatever sentiment says it is, which is usually very little. A backed token still holds its basket, and redemption still works.

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    Why not just buy the ETFs directly?

    If all you want is index exposure, buy the index — that is genuinely the better trade. A backed launch is for when you want exposure to a project as well, and want the downside of that bet to stop at the collateral rather than at zero.

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    What does backing per token mean?

    Backing per token is the vault basket value divided by tokens outstanding. It is the amount you receive per token if you redeem, and comparing it against market price tells you exactly what premium you are paying for the project itself.

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    Who can apply to launch?

    Any project willing to meet the Vault Standard: fund a vault from the raise, publish a milestone schedule before opening, accept escrowed founder allocations, and leave redemption permanently open. Applications are reviewed against that same checklist regardless of size or sector.

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    Where can I learn more or follow updates?

    Every live vault is published with its address, basket and backing ratio. You can read the underwriting rules in the Vault Standard, review each launch in the launch notices, and track backing across every vault on the market dashboard, or follow us on X. For founder inquiries, please contact us at launch@shorolink.xyz.