Seed-deposit requirement for new market listing

Meteora's assessment for RD-F-071 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

Seed-deposit requirement for new-market listing is a lending-protocol concept (prevents empty-market donation attacks). Meteora has no lending markets. DBC token launches do not require a seed deposit in the lending sense. Taxonomy Cat 4 PD-024 marks this lending-only.

Sources #

Internal
Meteora protocol profile §1.research/protocols/meteora/00-profile.md §1: Not a lending protocolretrieved 2026-05-16
URL
What is DBC — docs.meteora.agDBC documentation: permissionless token launch via bonding curve — no seed-deposit requirement in lending-market senseretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Determine whether market-listing governance or code requires a minimum seed deposit before borrow-enabling a new market.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol meteora factor RD-F-071 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-05-16 10:03:05