> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hadron.fi/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Create your pool with the dashboard wizard. Most teams are live in under 30 minutes

## Before you start

You'll need:

* A Solana wallet with SOL for rent and transactions
* Your asset's mint address, and the quote asset you want to trade against (usually USDC or SOL)
* A **price source**, the one thing you bring: Pyth, Switchboard, a CEX composite, or your own NAV
  feed. If your asset has no external market yet, your internal fair value / NAV feed is exactly the
  right input.

<Tip>
  Not sure what to quote around? If you can answer "what would we redeem or mint this at right now?",
  you have a price source. The crank turns that number into on-chain quotes.
</Tip>

## Create your pool

The [pool wizard](https://dashboard.hadron.fi/create) walks you through the whole flow:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select tokens">
    Choose your asset and the quote token. Both SPL and Token-2022 mints are supported.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pool parameters">
    Set the authorities (we recommend a cold owner key and a separate hot quoting key; see
    [Security & controls](/issuers/security-and-controls)) and safety parameters like
    `delta_staleness`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Initial liquidity">
    Decide how much of each side to seed. Pools start in a "reject swaps" state, so you can deposit
    before anyone can trade against you.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Strategy">
    Pick your spread and curve setup. Start from the recommended defaults in
    [Quoting & inventory](/issuers/quoting-and-inventory). You can change everything later without
    re-audits or re-integrations.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Price source">
    Connect the feed your crank will push. See [Running the crank](/issuers/running-the-crank) for
    the 24/7 setup.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Verify midprice is updating">
    The wizard confirms your oracle updates are landing before you flip the pool live. Once live,
    your pool is routable through Jupiter, Titan, and OKX immediately.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Everything the wizard does is also available programmatically; see the
  [SDK quickstart](/sdk/quickstart) and [Configuring your pool](/sdk/configuring-your-pool) if you'd
  rather script the setup.
</Note>

## After launch

Two things keep your market healthy day to day: the crank pushing your price
([Running the crank](/issuers/running-the-crank)) and your spread/inventory configuration
([Quoting & inventory](/issuers/quoting-and-inventory)). Both are covered next.