create-solana-token

Overview

Here are the steps for creating a new Solana fungible token using command-line tools and scripts.

Also manage tokens safely across a team using a multisig wallet approach instead of a single owner.

The example token created here is called BUOY and the final version exists live on Solana at 7uVii1LGC5jCJAgHHmLqKZP3bpNtJS6ywHW6CUSocuyD.

The token image was created from a photo by https://unsplash.com/@alexb.

Steps for creating new token

• Getting started - install tools and choose keypair
• Create token and mint them
• Add metadata for your token and host on Arweave
• Test token
• Here's a run through of the multisig signing process

Steps for creating a multisig mint authority for token

• Setup team management of token using multisig approach

Setup for multsig signers

Scenario: You've been asked to be one of the official approvers of token minting.

• you can generate your keypair and public key by following Getting started.

• then run through the multisig signing process

Credits

These useful resources served as an initial foundation for docs and scripts in this repo:

• Solana's Token Program and Documentation: Solana's Token Program
• Token Creator source code