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Liquidity

Liquidity in the BWICK AMM comes from the tokens and BWICK deposited into each pool. When a token graduates from the launchpad, its bonding curve reserves automatically become the initial liquidity in the AMM pool.

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How Liquidity Is Created

Unlike traditional AMMs where users deposit liquidity manually, BWICK AMM pools are seeded automatically during graduation:
  1. Token raises 10,000,000 BWICK on its launchpad bonding curve
  2. All BWICK reserves move to a new AMM pool as the BWICK side
  3. All unsold tokens move to the pool as the token side
  4. An LP token contract is created to track the pool shares
This ensures every graduated token starts with deep liquidity from day one.

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LP Tokens

Each AMM pool has an associated LP (Liquidity Provider) token — a CW20 token that represents a proportional share of the pool’s reserves.
PropertyDetails
StandardCW20
RepresentsProportional share of both BWICK and token reserves
Value growthIncreases as swap fees accumulate in the pool

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How LP Value Grows

Every swap charges a fee (1% base + optional augmented fee). These fees stay in the pool, increasing both reserves. Since LP tokens represent a share of the pool, their backing value increases with every trade. 
Pool at creation:      [threshold BWICK] + ~20,690,000 tokens
After trading volume:  reserves grow as fees accumulate
LP holders earn proportionally from all trading activity without taking any action.

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Pool Mechanics

The AMM uses the constant product formula: 
bwick_reserve * token_reserve = k
When someone swaps BWICK for tokens:
  • bwick_reserve increases (BWICK added to pool)
  • token_reserve decreases (tokens removed from pool)
  • k increases slightly (fees stay in the pool)
When someone swaps tokens for BWICK:
  • token_reserve increases
  • bwick_reserve decreases
  • k increases slightly

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Querying Pool State

Check any pool’s current reserves and price: 
{ "pool": { "token_address": "<cw20_token_address>" } }

{
  token_address: string;
  bwick_reserve: string;      // BWICK in the pool (ubwick)
  token_reserve: string;    // Tokens in the pool
  lp_token_address: string; // LP token contract address
  lp_total_supply: string;  // Total LP tokens minted
  price: string;            // Current price (BWICK per token)
}

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Impermanent Loss

Impermanent loss occurs when the price of tokens in a pool changes relative to when liquidity was provided. If you hold LP tokens and the price moves significantly in either direction, you may have less total value than if you had simply held the assets outside the pool.However, trading fees earned by the pool can offset impermanent loss. Pools with high trading volume relative to their size tend to earn enough fees to more than compensate.For BWICK AMM pools, initial liquidity comes from the graduation process rather than individual LPs, so impermanent loss primarily affects anyone who acquires LP tokens on the secondary market.

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Augmented Fee

Newly graduated pools may have a temporary augmented fee (up to 5%) on top of the base 1% swap fee. This extra fee:
  • Accelerates LP value growth during the initial trading period
  • Auto-disables once the pool reaches a target total value
  • Ensures fair price discovery for newly graduated tokens
Check the augmented fee status: 
{ "augmented_fee_status": { "token_address": "<cw20_token_address>" } }

{
  active: boolean;                  // Whether the augmented fee is active
  augmented_fee_bps: number;        // Extra fee in basis points
  lp_target_ubwick: string;           // Pool value target
  current_pool_value_ubwick: string;  // Current pool value (2 * bwick_reserve)
  progress_percent: string;         // Progress toward target (e.g. "75.50")
}

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Next Steps

Swapping

Trade tokens on the AMM

Launchpad

Where AMM liquidity originates

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Locked seed vs open liquidity

Every graduated pool contains two kinds of liquidity:
  • The graduation seed (10M BWICK + 12.5% of supply) is locked forever and can never be withdrawn by anyone. It is the permanent price floor.
  • Open liquidity added afterwards belongs to whoever added it and can be withdrawn at any time with the standard remove-liquidity flow.
LP accounting is tracked inside the AMM contract per pool and per holder; there is no separate LP token to manage.