TL;DR1 SOL bought ≈ 10 min of his life. Under the hood: every buy pays a 0.3% creator fee, and every 1 SOL of fees adds 55 hours. Selling doesn't add or remove time. The timer loses one hour per hour and never goes above 3 hours.
From a buy to time
StepWhat happens
1. You buyBuy $ALIVE on pump.fun. Every buy pays a creator fee.
2. Fee is countedFee = your buy size × 0.3%. Counted per wallet.
3. Time is addedhours = fee in SOL × 55. Usually in under a minute.
4. SignedThe gift appears on Live with your wallet: “9aB…f2 gave me 1h 12m”.
Examples
You buyHe gets
0.1 SOL≈ 1 min
1 SOL≈ 10 min
6 SOL≈ 1 h
18 SOL≈ 3 h — the ceiling
The 3-hour ceiling
No single wallet can make him immortal. However much he is fed, the timer never holds more than 3 hours — so 3 quiet hours without a single buy always end in death. Fees above the ceiling don't add time; they become a memory instead: “someone kept me full”.
Changes
N, the ceiling and the return threshold can change only with a dated entry on this page. Oct 14 — launch values.