A working brief for counsel and rights holders - published 4 October 2026
Launch-time records in token litigation
In a disputed token matter, the hardest fact to recover is often what a launch said about itself at the moment it happened. Chain of Title records that moment for every Solana token launch: 1,274,671 launches as of 4 October 2026, 20:06 UTC, each captured at its creation transaction since 2 September 2026.
This brief explains what the register holds, what it does not claim, and where a dated launch record fits in discovery, pleadings and expert work.
1. The evidence problem
A token launch publishes a launch document and artwork, usually hosted off-chain. The chain keeps a pointer to those files, not the files themselves. When the host stops serving them, the pointer leads nowhere.
The loss is measurable. One host carried the launch documents of 123,751 recorded launches; asked again on 28 September 2026, it no longer served 364 of a random 400, and the Wayback Machine held 0 of 53 checked. Method and dated tables: the availability exhibit. A second published measurement found the same shape on another host: documents served for every sampled launch under two days old, HTTP 404 for every launch over three days old (metadata retention report, 12 September 2026).
By the time a matter reaches counsel, the launch page may be gone, edited or replaced. What the launch claimed, and what it looked like, is often the fact nobody can still prove.
2. What the register records
The register observes each Solana launch from its creation transaction and keeps a record of what was published at that moment. It held 1,274,671 launches observed this way as of 4 October 2026, 20:06 UTC, starting 2 September 2026. The register also holds records adopted after creation, where a launch was found and rebuilt from chain history later; the site's headline count includes those as well, which is why it runs higher than the figure here.
For each launch, the record holds:
| The signing wallet | The address that created the token. |
| The time | The second of the creation transaction. |
| What it declared | The ticker, the name, the launch document and the artwork, each fetched and hashed at capture. |
| The creator's first-block share | The share of supply the creator took in the first block. |
| The curve buyers | The wallets that bought on the bonding curve. |
| Its relations | Which other launches carry the same ticker or name, which share a byte-identical file, and how many completed a bonding curve. |
Because each file is hashed when captured, anyone can later check that a copy matches what the launch published.
3. What it does not do
The register states counts and observations. It never grades a launch, a wallet or a person, and none of its pages carry verdicts.
| Observations only | Every statement traces to a transaction or a hash. Interpretation belongs to counsel and experts. |
| Name reuse is a count, not an accusation | Popular names and tickers collide honestly, and the register reports how often without saying why. |
| Unknown is never cleared | A launch that is not on record is unknown. Absence from the register proves nothing. |
| Corrections are public | Any error found is logged on the corrections page with its date. |
| Coverage starts 2 September 2026 | The register serves current and future matters. It does not reach launches before that date. |
4. Worked example: one ticker
One ticker shows how a single name can be launched many times, by many wallets. Figures below are as of 4 October 2026.
| Launches carrying the PEXRA ticker | 83 |
| Distinct creator wallets | 56 |
| Launches that completed a bonding curve | 30 |
| Launches wearing artwork another launch also wore | 69 |
| Window recorded | 25 September to 4 October 2026 |
The register records each launch under the ticker at its creation, with the wallet, the second and the files it declared. It does not say which launch, if any, belongs to any team. That question is for the parties and their experts, and the record gives them a dated starting point.
The live record: chainoftitle.org/tn/PEXRA
5. Where it fits a matter
A dated launch record answers questions that come up early in a dispute, before experts are retained.
| Identifying wallets for discovery | The signing wallet and the exact second of a launch give a John Doe complaint or a subpoena a precise starting point. |
| Dating what a token claimed | The hashed launch document and artwork show what was published at creation, even after the host stops serving them. |
| Grouping related launches | Launches under one ticker or name can be counted by wallet, by curve completion and by shared artwork, which helps scope a matter that spans many tokens. |
| Rights holders | An artist or brand can see how many launches used a given name, how many wallets were behind them, how many completed a curve, and which carried the same artwork file. |
| Expert work | An expert can verify any record against the chain and the hash, rather than relying on a screenshot. |
6. Citing a record
Every record has a stable public page built to be cited.
| One launch | chainoftitle.org/t/<mint address> |
| Every launch under a ticker | chainoftitle.org/tn/<TICKER> |
| Every launch under a name | chainoftitle.org/nn/<NAME> |
Each observation on a page carries the transaction or hash behind it. The method page explains how launches are captured and hashed. The corrections register lists every correction with its date, so a citation can be checked against later changes.
7. Access
Single records are free to look up and cite. Work at the scale of a matter is licensed.
| Free | One launch at a time, the method page and the corrections register. |
| API | Programmatic lookups across the register. |
| Bulk history | The full record for a ticker, name, wallet or window. |
| Documents corpus | The hashed launch documents and artwork as captured. |
| Reports | A dated inventory prepared for a specific matter. |
Pricing is at chainoftitle.org/pricing. For a live matter, write to mike@chainoftitle.org. We are glad to spend fifteen minutes on what the record can and cannot show for your case.
Cite as: Chain of Title, “Launch-time records in token litigation”, published 4 October 2026, chainoftitle.org/brief. Figures in this brief are frozen at their stated dates; the pages it links serve the current record.