in development
riff
community coins for music.
A launch protocol exploring fairer launches, artist fee sharing and music-charity fallback.
a different route for launch fees.
One continuous signal path from creator to artist to charity — not four separate features.
select
A coin creator selects an artist they want to support.
reserve
A defined share of platform fees is reserved for that artist.
claim
The artist verifies their identity and chooses whether to accept.
redirect
Declined or expired allocations go to an independent music charity.
Selection does not mean affiliation. Until an artist accepts, the artist has not approved or endorsed the coin.
built around clear rules.
- 01
fixed supply.
- 02
transparent allocations.
- 03
locked liquidity.
- 04
artist consent.
- 05
public fee routing.
- 06
public launch information.
Riff is designed to reduce common creator-controlled rug mechanisms. It cannot eliminate market risk, coordinated selling or loss of value.
where riff is now.
We're entering Riff in Colosseum's Crypto World's Fair hackathon. Last updated september 2026.
the core
The program that runs Riff on Solana is written. It handles launching coins, trading, fee sharing, artist claims and charity payouts.
tested
Close to a hundred automated tests check every rule, including tests that try to break Riff the way an attacker would.
the app
A public demo on Solana devnet. Anyone can launch and trade test coins, and artists can claim theirs and see how to turn earnings into cash.
artist safety
Artists prove who they are by signing in with their official channel. Coins for AI artists are refused, and coins for artists who have passed away are only made with their estate.
No real money is involved yet. Coins on devnet are test coins with no value. Riff has not launched a token.
roadmap
prototype
The first working version of Riff on Solana: coin creation, trading, fee sharing, artist claims and the charity fallback.
donefair launches
Every coin has a fixed supply and no mint or freeze controls. The creator's own buy at launch is capped, and liquidity is locked once a coin sells out.
donepublic testnet
Riff is running on Solana devnet with a public web app, full documentation and draft legal terms. The community can test it and tell us what to improve.
livesecurity audit
An independent security firm reviews Riff before real money is involved. Our own review and attack testing are already done.
nextmainnet beta
Launch a limited public beta on Solana with the first community coins and artist beneficiaries.
laterrobinhood chain
After the Solana launch, build and launch Riff on Robinhood Chain.
laterexpansion
Add more artist tools, charity partnerships and support for additional networks.
laterwhat it's built with.
For the curious. You don't need any of this to use Riff.
- solana
- The blockchain Riff runs on. Fast and cheap enough for small trades.
- rust & anchor
- The Riff program itself. Launch rules, pricing and fee splits run on-chain, not on our servers.
- token-2022
- Solana's token standard. Every coin has one billion tokens, fixed: nobody can mint more or freeze anyone's tokens.
- bonding curve
- How a new coin is priced: the price rises as people buy. Every trade currently pays a 1% fee, and half of it is reserved for the artist.
- raydium
- When a coin sells out on its curve, its liquidity moves to a Raydium pool and is locked for good.
- typescript
- The web app and our deploy tools.
- litesvm & github actions
- Every change runs the full test suite automatically, including against Raydium's real program.
- squads
- Planned: admin keys held by a multisig, so no single person controls Riff.
follow the build.
Try the devnet demo, read how Riff works, and follow along as it develops.
Riff is in research and development. Features, architecture and timelines may change. Nothing on this website is financial advice or an offer to buy or sell a crypto-asset. Community coins involve significant risk and may lose all value. Riff is not affiliated with or endorsed by Robinhood.