Zora Crypto App
Social app and protocol where profiles and posts become tradeable coins on Uniswap V4 pools.
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Zora key facts
| Category | Web3 social app |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Web, API |
| Fees | 1% on creator and content coins; 0.01% on trend coins |
| Token | ZORA |
| Open source | Yes |
| Chains | Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana |
| US availability | Available in the US: its referral program is open only to users located in the US |
ZORA token
- Price
- $0.0048 -0.4% 24h
- Market cap
- $21.7M
- Fully diluted value
- $48.5M
- 30-day change
- -32.5%
Market data: CoinGecko, updated Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
What is Zora?
Zora is a social app and protocol where each profile and post can become a tradeable coin with a fixed supply of 1 billion. Protocol coins on Base trade in Uniswap V4 pools with a 1% fee on creator and content coins, and those rewards are paid in the ZORA token. Since August 2026, Custom Pairs let creators pair coins with ETH, USDC and other assets on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana.
How Zora works
Zora has three coin types.
Creator coins are one per profile, ticker $username, with 500M tokens in the pool and 500M vesting to the creator linearly over 5 years. Content coins are made per post, paired with the creator's coin, with 10M tokens to the creator at launch and 990M tradeable. Trend coins put all 1B tokens in the pool, charge 0.01%, and send every fee to the protocol.
On Base, the ZoraFactory contract deploys each coin with a Uniswap V4 pool and a hook, and seeds liquidity with the Doppler protocol. On every swap, the hook takes the 1% fee, turns 20% into locked liquidity, and swaps the rest to ZORA through multi-hop swaps. Since August 2026, Custom Pairs let you pair a new coin with ETH, USDC, a Robinhood stock token or a Solana token instead.
How to start with Zora
- Sign up in the Zora app on web or mobile.
- Fund the wallet with the Coinbase onramp on web, deposits from Robinhood Chain or native Solana, or Apple Pay for USDC on mobile, which Zora lists as US only with 0% fees.
- Gas is sponsored for swaps on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana, and you can pay other gas in USDC or ZORA.
- Custom Pair coins have no creation fee.
Zora fees and limits
- Creator and content coins carry a 1% fee.
- For coins on version 2.2.0 or later, the split of the total fee is 50% to the creator, 20% to the platform referrer, 4% to the trade referrer, 1% to Doppler, 5% to the protocol and 20% to locked liquidity.
- Older coins used a 3% fee until migrated.
- Custom Pair coins also charge 1%, with 0.70% going to the creator, paid instantly to the Zora wallet.
Risks to know before using Zora
- In the first 10 seconds after launch, a sniper tax starts at 99% and falls linearly to the base fee, applying to buys and sells, so an early trade can lose most of its value to fees.
- Creator coins keep half their supply vesting to the creator, who can claim it gradually with claimVesting().
- Zora's help center says official email comes only from zora.co, zora.com or ourzora.com and warns of fake accounts asking for seed phrases.
Zora usage
From DefiLlama (fees users paid), updated Nov 10, 2026.
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Zora pros and cons
- Creators earn a share of the 1% fee on every trade of their coins
- Sniper tax of 99% decaying over 10 seconds limits launch bots
- Protocol contracts and SDKs are public on GitHub
- 1% trading fee on creator and content coins
- Half of each creator coin supply vests to the creator over 5 years
- Protocol rewards are paid in ZORA, so their value moves with that token
Zora FAQ
What is Zora?
Zora is a social app and protocol where each profile and post can become a tradeable coin with a fixed supply of 1 billion. Protocol coins on Base trade in Uniswap V4 pools with a 1% fee on creator and content coins, and those rewards are paid in the ZORA token. Since August 2026, Custom Pairs let creators pair coins with ETH, USDC and other assets on Base, Robinhood Chain and Solana.
How much does Zora cost?
1% on creator and content coins; 0.01% on trend coins, according to Zora’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
How much do users pay Zora in fees?
$4,424 over the last 30 days, according to DefiLlama on Nov 10, 2026.
Does Zora have a token?
Yes, ZORA. Its market cap was $21.7M on CoinGecko on Nov 10, 2026. Educational content, not financial advice.
Is Zora available in the US?
Available in the US: its referral program is open only to users located in the US, according to Zora’s own page (checked Sep 26, 2026).
Sources
How this page works
Sources: Zora: official site, Zora Docs: Coin Rewards, Zora Docs: Coins Protocol. Data as of Sep 26, 2026.
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