How to Lock Liquidity on Raydium: Quick Guide
Locking liquidity is an effective way to build trust in your token and attract investors. If you want your project to scale, it’s a step you shouldn’t skip.
Token vesting signals credibility to buyers because the liquidity stays locked for at least the period you define.
In this guide, I’ll walk you through what token vesting is, how to lock your liquidity on Raydium, and how to verify that your liquidity is actually locked.
What Is Token Vesting
Token vesting means locking part (or all) of the liquidity for a set period of time.
Essentially, while liquidity is locked, a portion of the supply cannot be traded, giving investors predictability.
This is simply because no degen project would ever choose to lock liquidity. Speed and quick exits are the whole point. Vesting, then, is a transparent way to show buyers your project can be trusted.
How to Lock Liquidity on Raydium
To lock liquidity on Solana, we’ll use the online tool Solana Token Vesting. Here’s what to do:
- Connect your wallet.
- Select the liquidity pool you want to lock.
- Set the lock duration (start date and end date)
- Enter the amount of tokens you want to lock (the full amount is recommended).
- Enter the acquisition URL (if you use “smithii”, the acquisition URL will look like this: https://tools.smithii.io/token-vesting-panel/smithii)
- Configure «Add vesting periods» (optional)
- Set up «receiver wallets» (optional)
- Add certificate information (social links and tokenomics, optional)
- Click the “Create Vesting” button
Once you complete these steps, your token liquidity will be locked on Raydium, preventing token transactions for at least the period you set. The tokens will also appear as locked on DexScreener.
How to Verify That Liquidity Is Locked
Once you’ve locked the liquidity, you can head to a tool like DexScreener or DexTools, paste your token address, and confirm that it shows as locked.
Conclusion
Locking liquidity for your token is one of the best ways to build trust and put rug pull suspicions to rest. Once you do it with Smithii’s tool for 0.1 SOL, you can verify the locked liquidity on DEXs like DexTool or DexScreener.
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