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Plain-English guides to Uniswap hooks: what they are, how to launch a token with rules, and how to tell if a hook is safe.

What is a Uniswap hook?A Uniswap hook is a small contract attached to a pool that runs extra code on swaps and liquidity changes. Here is what hooks can do, and what to check before you trade.How to add a sell tax to your token on UniswapAdd a sell tax to your token’s Uniswap pool without writing code: pick the percentage, choose where it goes, and the rule is locked in for good.How to stop sniper bots at your token launchSniper bots buy a big share of a new token in its first seconds. Here is how to cap early buys, delay trading and block same-block flips on Uniswap.How to lock liquidity on UniswapLocking liquidity shows buyers you can’t pull the pool. Here is how a liquidity lock works on Uniswap and how to set one from 1 day to 1 year.How to launch a token on Uniswap with custom rules, no codeA step-by-step walkthrough of the UniHooks builder: pick your rules, paste your token, set a starting price and create your Uniswap pool in one transaction.15 rules you can add to your Uniswap poolAnti-snipe, sell tax, auto-burn, liquidity lock, wallet cap, sandwich guard and more: every rule in the UniHooks builder, what it does and when to use it.Create or Advanced: which UniHooks builder should you use?Create gives your pool rules on the shared UniHooks hook in one transaction. Advanced deploys your own hook contract at your own address. Here is how to choose.How to build a custom Uniswap hook with AIDescribe what your pool should do in plain words and AI writes it into your own Uniswap hook, on top of tested rules. Review it, deploy it from your wallet, launch pools.Uniswap v3 vs v4: what changed and why hooks matterUniswap v4 keeps concentrated liquidity from v3 but adds hooks, one contract for all pools, native ETH and cheaper multi-step trades. Here is what that means for you.Hook vs tax token: the better way to add a taxTax tokens build the fee into the token contract, which breaks wallets, bridges and DEX tools. A Uniswap hook puts the tax on the pool instead. Here is the difference.Dynamic fees on Uniswap explainedA dynamic fee changes from trade to trade, set by the pool’s hook. Here is how dynamic fees work on Uniswap, why liquidity providers like them and how to spot them.How to protect your token from sandwich attacksSandwich bots buy right before a trade and sell right after, taking value from your buyers. Here is how sandwich attacks work and how a hook makes them unprofitable.What is auto-burn, and should your token have it?Auto-burn destroys a small part of every buy so the supply shrinks over time. Here is how it works with a Uniswap hook, the pros and cons, and good settings.Uniswap hooks for traders: what to check before you buyBuying a token whose pool has a hook? Check what the hook can do, whether its rules can change and who controls it. A 2-minute checklist for traders.Is this Uniswap hook safe? How to read a hook’s gradeEvery hook on UniHooks gets an A to D grade from on-chain checks. Here is what each grade means, what pulls a hook down, and what the grade can’t tell you.

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