Chains & Cross-Chain
Candle runs on two chains. Both appear in one roster and one interface — the chain a token lives on is a property of the token, not a mode you switch into.
Solana
Section titled “Solana”The original Candle chain. Tokens are SPL, launches use Candle’s gated bonding curve program, and graduated tokens migrate to Meteora DAMM v2.
Robinhood Chain (Hood)
Section titled “Robinhood Chain (Hood)”An EVM chain. Tokens are ERC-20, launches use the CandleCurve contract, and the developer selects Uniswap v3 or v4 as the graduation venue when launching.
Every Candle account gets a Hood wallet automatically — there is nothing to set up. If you sign in with Google or X, Candle creates an embedded wallet on both Solana and Hood for you. If you connect an external Solana wallet, a Hood wallet is still provisioned so cross-chain routes and Hood launches work.
Quote assets
Section titled “Quote assets”Each curve trades against one quote asset:
| Chain | Quote assets |
|---|---|
| Solana | SOL, USDC, CNDL |
| Hood | ETH, USDG |
Curve terms are always stated in the curve’s own quote asset, never in dollars. See Bonding Curve.
Paying from another chain
Section titled “Paying from another chain”You do not need to hold the quote asset to buy. Candle routes cross-chain buys through Relay, so you can pay from Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum and other supported chains and receive the token on Solana or Hood.
A cross-chain buy is two steps under the hood: the bridge leg, then the buy leg on the destination chain. Candle tracks both. If the bridge lands but no route is available for the second leg, your funds arrive on the destination chain and Candle tells you the buy did not complete — it will not report a purchase that did not happen.
Cross-chain swaps carry a 1% platform fee for every trader (not a Believer discount). Same-chain swaps carry 0.5%. The Believer NFT’s fee benefit is paying 0.5% instead of the 1% Free agent rate; web same-chain Believers pay 0.5%, not free. See Fees.
The Believer NFT across chains
Section titled “The Believer NFT across chains”The Believer NFT is soulbound on both chains, and holding it on either chain unlocks the benefits on both — including access to exclusive launches. Candle mirrors your Believer status from Solana to Hood automatically, and a one-tap claim brings a Hood-minted NFT back to Solana.
Terminal and indexer integrations
Section titled “Terminal and indexer integrations”Integrators should identify Candle launches from on-chain provenance, not a token symbol, vanity suffix, metadata field, or Candle API response alone. See Terminals and indexers for the canonical Solana signer/program checks, Hood registry and factory events, lifecycle states, and v3/v4 routing fields.