Questions from the floor
Is this a joke?
The premise is a joke. The mechanism is real and the coupons land. Both statements are true at once, and that is the entire point of the thing.
Why not just buy Useless Coin directly?
You absolutely can, and for most people that is the simpler trade. You would then have to do the buying yourself, at times of your own choosing, which is work. You would also not be paid in it, which is the part we cannot help you with.
What is the tax, and where does it go?
Three per cent of every transfer, withheld at the token level by the Token-2022 standard, on every venue. It converts to Useless Coin and goes to holders, less roughly two and a half per cent taken to cover the network cost of sending thousands of payments. The pool itself charges a separate one per cent trading fee.
Why is the price quoted in Useless and not dollars?
Because Useless Coin is the pair this bond is issued against, so the pool is Useful against Useless. If Useless rises and this bond holds its ratio, it rises in dollars with it. That works in reverse just as reliably, and it is the main thing to understand before buying.
Do I have to claim anything?
No. The coupon is sent to the wallet holding the bond. If your wallet has never held Useless Coin, the first payment opens a token account for you and the small rent cost comes out of the distribution fee, not out of you.
Is there a minimum holding to be paid?
Twenty dollars of Useful, measured at the moment the coupon is sent. There has to be a line somewhere — paying dust to thousands of wallets costs more in network fees than the dust is worth — and this is where the platform draws it.
When is the next coupon?
Unknown, and deliberately so. The pot pays out when it is large enough to be worth the cost of distributing, which depends entirely on trading volume. Quiet weeks mean long gaps. Nobody can promise you a date, and anyone who does is guessing.
What if I hold on an exchange?
Then the exchange holds the bond, the exchange receives the coupon, and you almost certainly never see it. Hold in a wallet you control or expect nothing. Note also that this is a Token-2022 mint, so some venues and tools will not support it at all.
Can the team take the fees instead of distributing them?
We never hold the tax. It is withheld by the token program itself and distributed by StonkFun's payout wallet, and every coupon is a public transaction you can trace to your own address. Do not take that on trust — it is checkable on chain in under two minutes, and you should spend the two minutes.
What happens if Useless Coin goes to zero?
The coupon is worth zero, the bond is worth zero, and the joke will have been completed exactly as written.
Are you affiliated with Useless Coin?
No, and Useless owes us nothing and has promised us nothing. You can look it up on CoinMarketCap yourself. But this bond is issued against Useless, so every purchase made with anything other than Useless routes through a real market buy of it first. Money entering here passes through there on the way. That is not an arrangement, it is just how the pair works.