How to Create a Token on Base (No-Code & Code)

How to create a token on Base comes down to two routes: a no-code tool that deploys in about a minute for 0.01 ETH, or writing and deploying the Solidity yourself.

Base is Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2, so your token is a standard ERC-20 that works with MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and every DEX, but gas costs a fraction of a cent. This guide covers both routes, plus what to do once the token is live.

How to create a token on Base (the short version)

1. Connect a wallet to the Base network (chain ID 8453) with a little ETH for gas.
2. Open a no-code token creator and pick Base.
3. Enter your token's name, symbol, and supply.
4. Review the fee and deploy. Sign one transaction.

That takes about a minute and costs 0.01 ETH plus a few cents of gas. The rest of this guide walks through each step, the real cost, the code route, and how to add liquidity on Aerodrome.

Why launch your token on Base?

Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase. That gives it two things most chains do not: fees measured in cents, and a direct line to Coinbase's users through Coinbase Wallet and the Coinbase app.

Base also has a real meme-coin culture, home to tokens like Brett, Toshi, and Degen, so a new project lands in an active audience instead of an empty chain. The basics you need to know:

• Token standard: ERC-20, the same as Ethereum.
• Gas token: ETH. There is no separate Base coin to buy.
• Chain ID: 8453, with Basescan as the block explorer.

Create a Base token with no code

Tokenry's Base token creator deploys a standard, OpenZeppelin-based ERC-20 for 0.01 ETH. The whole flow runs in your browser, it auto-verifies the contract on Basescan as a clean Exact Match, and you sign every step from your own wallet. Here is how it goes.

Step 1: Connect a wallet and switch to Base

Connect MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet, then switch to Base. If Base is not in your wallet yet, the creator prompts you to add it in one click, so you never touch RPC settings by hand.

You need a little ETH on Base for the 0.01 ETH fee plus gas. The easiest way to fund it is to withdraw ETH from Coinbase straight to the Base network, which skips bridging entirely.

Step 2: Choose Standard or Advanced

The creator has two tiers. Standard, at 0.01 ETH, deploys a clean fixed-supply ERC-20. Advanced, at 0.03 ETH, adds tax, anti-whale limits, and mint or burn.

Most tokens only need Standard. Pick Advanced if you want trading fees or the option to change supply later.

Step 3: Name your token and set the supply

Fill in the token name, symbol, decimals, and total supply. Most tokens use 18 decimals, and the supply is a plain number, so 1000000000 for a billion, which is common for a meme coin.

The whole supply mints to your wallet. The name and symbol are permanent once you deploy, so read them twice.

Step 4: Turn on advanced features (optional)

On the Advanced tier you can switch on a few real features:

• Tax on buys, sells, and transfers, up to 20% each.
• Anti-whale, a max wallet size so no single holder can corner the supply.
• Mintable to add supply later, or Burnable to let holders destroy tokens.

The tax is more useful than most tools make it. Instead of dumping everything in one wallet, our creator splits each tax three ways and you set the split: a slice is burned, a slice becomes liquidity on its own, and the rest lands in a marketing wallet. Leave all of it off for a plain, fixed-supply token.

Step 5: Review the fee, then deploy

Check the summary, hit deploy, and approve the transaction in your wallet. A few seconds later the token is live on the Base blockchain.

Copy the contract address, which is your token's permanent ID, and import it into your wallet so the balance shows up.

Within a minute, Tokenry auto-verifies the contract on Basescan as an Exact Match, the cleanest level. Buyers see the green check and the exact OpenZeppelin source that runs, a trust signal most token tools never hit.

How much does it cost to create a token on Base?

There are two costs: the tool fee and gas. Gas is the cheap part on Base because it is a Layer 2, so it usually stays well under a dollar for a token deploy.

The same ERC-20 on Ethereum mainnet can cost tens of dollars in gas when the network is busy. That gap is the main reason people launch on Base instead of mainnet.

Launching somewhere else? We have the same walkthrough for BNB Chain and Arbitrum, or the bigger picture in our guide to creating a cryptocurrency.

No-code vs Solidity: which route fits?

You have seen the no-code path. Writing the Solidity by hand is the other option, and it is the right call only if you want custom logic or you already build on Base. For everyone else, the trade-offs stack up like this.

The bottom line: the no-code route gives you a live, verified token in a minute for a flat 0.01 ETH. Hand-coding saves that fee but costs you an afternoon, and one slip in a token contract is expensive to fix once it is on-chain.

Deploy an ERC-20 on Base with Solidity

Prefer to do it yourself? Because Base runs the same EVM as Ethereum, a token here is a plain ERC-20 smart contract. Start from OpenZeppelin's audited base, deploy through Remix, and test on the Base Sepolia testnet before you touch mainnet.

Write and compile the contract

Inherit OpenZeppelin's ERC20 and mint your supply in the constructor.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/ERC20.sol";

contract MyToken is ERC20 {
    constructor() ERC20("My Token", "MYT") {
        _mint(msg.sender, 1_000_000 * 10 ** decimals());
    }
}

Deploy through Remix

Open Remix, paste the contract, and compile it. Set the environment to Injected Provider so it uses MetaMask, switch MetaMask to Base (chain ID 8453), and deploy. Test on Base Sepolia with a faucet first, then pay gas in ETH on mainnet.

Verify on Basescan for the green check

Publish your source code on Basescan so the contract shows the green verified checkmark. Do it through the Basescan UI or a Hardhat or Foundry verify plugin.

One warning before you go further. That snippet is a plain, fixed-supply token. The moment you want tax, anti-whale limits, or auto-liquidity, the code gets much harder: fee-on-transfer logic, DEX router calls, and the three-way tax split all have to be written, tested, and audited, and a single bug is permanent once it is live on-chain.

Pasting a contract from an AI is risky here, since it can look correct and still ship a flaw someone drains later. For anything past a basic token, the no-code creator builds and verifies those exact features safely in about a minute.

Add liquidity on Aerodrome (Base's main DEX)

A freshly deployed token has no price, and nobody can buy it yet. The first job is a market, which means a liquidity pool.

Aerodrome is Base's largest native DEX by liquidity, so it is a strong first venue for a new token. Uniswap also runs on Base. Create a pool, pair your token with ETH to set the opening price, then lock the liquidity as a trust signal.

One gotcha if you turned on a tax: use a V2-style pool, not a V3 concentrated-liquidity one. V3 pools do not support fee-on-transfer tokens, so a taxed token has to use the classic V2 pool type.

After launch: getting your Base token seen

Once trading is open, a few steps help people find and trust the token:

• Add a logo and project links to your contract on Basescan.
• Once it trades on Aerodrome, it shows up on DexScreener and DexTools.
• Send it to your community with the Base multisender.
• Change taxes or mint more later from the token manager (Advanced tokens only).
• Apply to CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap once you have real volume and holders.

Mistakes that sink new Base tokens

Most failed launches come down to a handful of avoidable slips:

• ETH on the wrong network. ETH on Ethereum mainnet cannot pay Base gas. Withdraw from Coinbase directly to Base, or bridge a little over first.
• Deploying to a testnet. Launch on Base mainnet (chain ID 8453), not a Sepolia network you left connected. Check the network before you sign.
• Locking in a typo. Name, symbol, and supply are permanent the moment you deploy. Read them twice.
• No pool, no trades. A token without liquidity cannot be bought. Set up the Aerodrome pool before you promote anything.
• Leaving buyers a reason to worry. Lock your liquidity and keep your own holdings small and visible, or scanners and buyers will treat the token as a rug risk.

Educational content, not financial advice. Tokenry is a self-serve, non-custodial tool, not a financial advisor. Crypto is volatile and risky - always do your own research before creating or investing in any token.