The hourly cycle

Pumpend runs on a clock. Every hour (UTC), a new distribution epoch is prepared and published on-chain.

Timeline

1. Prior hour — Traders move volume on PumpSwap; the leaderboard shifts.
2. :05 UTC — The crank identifies the #1 PumpSwap token by 1h swap count (wash-filtered; see hourly top pick), snapshots holders, and buys that token with treasury fees.
3. On-chain — A merkle root is committed; qualifying holders claim their pro-rata share.

How to claim

1. Hold 250,000+ Pumpend in your wallet at the snapshot slot (documented in each epoch artifact).
2. Visit Claim and connect Phantom.
3. Sign one transaction—your allocation is verified by merkle proof on-chain.

Claims are trustless: the program enforces the root; nobody can alter your amount after publication.

What if I buy Pumpend at 2:59 PM UTC?

Your balance is snapshotted at the epoch boundary. You need 250,000+ Pumpend in a wallet you control—not on a CEX that cannot receive SPL tokens.

Claim window

Each epoch has a deadline (default 7 days). After that, unclaimed tokens may be swept per program rules.

Why hourly?

Pump.fun culture moves in hours, not quarters. Hourly cycles keep holders aligned with current market flow—the coin everyone is actually trading right now.