> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.basestonk.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> From wallet to first trade in two minutes.

## Trade a token

<Steps>
  <Step title="Connect a wallet">
    Open [basestonk.io](https://basestonk.io) and connect any Base wallet.
    The site works on desktop and phone; mobile wallets connect through
    WalletConnect.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a token">
    The list sorts by market cap, volume, holders or age. Every card shows
    the pair the token is priced in and any tax mechanics it launched with.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Buy with what you hold">
    On crypto-paired tokens you can pay in ETH, WETH or USDC - the trade
    panel routes into the pair automatically. You do not need to hold the
    pair asset first.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Tokens paired with Coinbase B20 stocks are the one exception: those
  stocks have no on-chain market yet, so you must already hold the stock
  to trade. Tokens paired with ST0x wrapped stocks (wtCOIN, wtNVDA,
  wtMSTR, wtSPCX) route from plain ETH normally. See
  [stock pairs](/stock-pairs).
</Note>

## Launch a token

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the create form">
    [basestonk.io/create](https://basestonk.io/create). Launching is free -
    you pay gas and your own optional dev buy.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name it, pick its pair, set the opening market cap">
    Between $500 and $10,000. The contract converts your figure to a pool
    price using the pair's Chainlink feed at execution time.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Optionally buy in the same transaction">
    Your dev buy executes atomically with the pool opening - nobody can get
    in ahead of you. Hard-capped at 10% of supply.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Everything configurable at launch - fees, dividends, buybacks, holding
caps - is covered in [Launching a token](/launching).