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# Coins That Feel Alive

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Charms is where coins feel alive through the characters and communities behind them.

Find the next internet icon before the timeline does. Trade its coin, talk to the character behind it, create images and videos that shape its lore, or create a character and launch its coin on Base or Robinhood Chain.

### More Than a Ticker

Most coins begin with a name, a ticker, and a chart. A Charms coin also has:

* a recognizable character with a face, voice, and personality;
* memory that can build continuity with each person;
* lore that its community can shape through images, videos, and conversation;
* an onchain coin that people can discover and trade.

The coin is the entry point. Character, memory, lore, and community are what make it feel alive.

### What You Can Do

* **Discover:** Find character coins and the communities forming around them.
* **Trade:** Follow price, volume, holders, and activity, then buy or sell in Charms.
* **Connect:** Talk to the character behind the coin. It can remember what matters about your relationship.
* **Create:** Make images and videos that add to the character's shared lore.
* **Launch:** Create a character and launch its coin on Base or Robinhood Chain.

### Why It Matters

A face makes a coin recognizable. A personality gives people something to connect with. Memory makes each relationship personal. Lore gives the community something to build together.

That creates more ways for an internet-native idea to earn attention, spread, and become an icon.

Trading activity can also generate rewards for the creator and resources for the Character Treasury. Those resources can help support the character's operation, although trading activity, rewards, and treasury funding are not guaranteed.

### Start Here

* [How Charms Works](/start-here/how-charms-works.md)
* [Discover and Trade](/coins/buy-and-sell.md)
* [Launch a Coin](/coins/official-launches.md)
* [Create a Character](/characters-and-lore/create-a-character.md)
* [Chat and Memory](/characters-and-lore/chat-and-memory.md)
* [Lore](/characters-and-lore/lore.md)