iq6900

IQ6900 is the old name of IQ Labs, a Solana project that builds Code-In, a way to store files and app data inside Solana transactions. It has no link to the Face IQ Labs app, to the IQ Protocol NFT-renting team that also called itself IQ Labs, or to other tokens that use the IQ ticker.

Code-In is an inscription method. A file is cut into small pieces and written into normal transactions, so the data lives on Solana itself. IQ Labs has built a database, a message board, a Git host, a token launchpad, an AI agent app and, from November 2026, an NFT launchpad on top of it.

The project began as a memecoin in late 2024. It later took the IQ Labs name and moved to a new IQ token. The team now works from iqlabs.dev.

How Code-In inscriptions store data on Solana

Code-In writes your data into the body of Solana transactions. Two small accounts keep track of where each piece is. Nothing sits in rented account space, which is the costly part of storing data on Solana.

The older IQ Labs docs describe the two accounts. One anchors a chain of transactions that hold the pieces of a file. The other records the last transaction in that chain, plus details such as the file type. To read a file, software starts at the last transaction and follows the links back until it has every piece.

The developer docs say the SDK picks a method by size. A small file goes into one transaction. A larger one is split into chunks of 850 bytes, or 3,600 bytes on Solana's newer transaction format. Big uploads are sent in parallel to save time.

The same program does more than hold files. It offers tables that store rows of data, user profiles, and friend links between wallets. A table can be gated so that only holders of a set token or NFT collection can write to it. The SDK also includes encryption for private data. The Solana program ID is 9KLLchQVJpGkw4jPuUmnvqESdR7mtNCYr3qS4iQLabs.

On 26 October 2026 IQ Labs said its website's Inscription menu now compresses images by default before writing them. You can untick the option to keep the original file.

What Code-In costs per MB

Code-In costs a few thousandths of a SOL per megabyte in network fees, plus a small protocol fee for each upload. The IQ Labs NFT guide puts network fees at about 0.0015 SOL per MB on the newer transaction format. On the older format the figure is about 0.006 SOL.

The same guide notes that images are stored as text, which adds about a third to their size. It also charges a protocol fee of roughly 0.001 to 0.005 SOL per upload.

In the guide's worked example, a collection of 777 images, protocol fees come to several times the network fees. So for a set of many small files, the per-upload fee is the larger cost.

IQ Labs markets Code-In as about 2,000 times cheaper than storing the same data in Solana accounts. That multiple is the team's own figure, and its posts have quoted other numbers at other times. Use the guide's figures as your reference, and test with a small file first.

IQ NFT inscription launchpad: fully on-chain NFTs on Solana

IQ Labs plans to open its NFT launchpad on 1 November 2026 at 7 AM EST. Each NFT's image and details are inscribed on Solana rather than linked from IPFS or a web server. The first collection is Fiqiz, by the artist nandoslice.

The team opened a public test on Solana devnet on 27 October 2026. It said the mainnet launch would follow in a few days if no major issues turned up. Earlier posts said Robinhood Chain and Ethereum versions would come later.

The creator does not pay to inscribe the whole collection up front. IQ Labs explained on 17 October that each buyer pays to inscribe their own image at mint, which it put at "a few dollars or less". Unminted items in a 10,000-piece collection then cost the creator nothing.

A thread on 18 October set out the mint in three steps. The IQ Labs server picks which item you get. Your browser writes that art and its details onto the chain. Then the chain mints the NFT into your wallet.

The open-source registry program mints standard Metaplex Core assets. Each inscription can back only one NFT, and each collection is controlled by a program account rather than a person's key. An IQ Labs signing service must approve every mint, because a Solana program cannot read another transaction to check the inscription itself. The sale price goes to the creator, minus a platform fee in basis points that is sent to the IQ Labs treasury.

IQ Labs apps: BlockChan, On-Chain Git and AgentNet

IQ Labs runs several apps on Code-In to show what the storage layer can do. The three most complete are a message board, a Git host and an AI agent app.

BlockChan is a message board in the style of 4chan at blockchan.sol.site. Each post is a Solana transaction sent from your own wallet to a Code-In table. A sister board called HoodChan runs on Robinhood Chain.

On-Chain Git stores code history and file contents as inscriptions. You can use a command-line tool with the usual init, commit, push and clone commands. You can also browse and edit repos at git.iqlabs.dev. A repo can be shown as a website under a .sol name from Solana Name Service (SNS) SNS$0.00097-2.0%.

AgentNet is an open-source app for running AI coding agents. Its Android version starts a Linux system on the phone and runs the Claude and Codex command-line tools on the device. Agent "skills" are sold as NFTs that cannot be moved to another wallet, and users can leave on-chain reviews of each skill. A Solana wallet acts as the agent's identity. IQ Labs said on 7 October 2026 that version 0.1.11 was rolling out on Google Play and the Solana dApp Store.

Code-In token launchpad on Solana and Robinhood Chain

The Code-In website became a token launchpad on 27 September 2026, per the IQ Labs announcement. You upload a file, inscribe it, and create a token whose image and details are stored on-chain. The team added a Robinhood Chain version on 1 October 2026.

A normal Solana token holds a web link to its image and details, often on IPFS. A Code-In token points to a Solana transaction that holds those details. That transaction then points to the one that holds the image. IQ Labs explained the design in a thread on 28 September 2026.

The team called the first week a beta. It has also said it does not back tokens made on the launchpad.

IQ Labs SDKs and IQ Gateway for developers

Developers get SDKs in TypeScript and Python for Solana, plus an Ethereum SDK for other chains. The docs list live contracts on Monad and Robinhood Chain, and a test version on Sepolia. They say Ethereum mainnet is not live yet.

Apps do not need to query the chain to read data. The IQ Gateway is a read-only cache that turns inscriptions into normal web links. IQ Labs runs a public one at gateway.iqlabs.dev. The code is open, so you can host your own. The gateway cannot write or spend anything.

The IQCoreTeam GitHub page shows work on its main repos through late October 2026. That includes the NFT registry, the gateway and BlockChan. The SDKs and AgentNet use the Apache 2.0 licence. The on-chain NFT guide uses the Candy Machine tool from Metaplex MPLX$0.076-4.2% for minting.

Outside builders use the SDK too. One built an on-chain music player. Another built GodOnChain, a game-engine app that loads programs by transaction ID.

IQ6900 coin vs IQ Labs token: the migration

The live token is IQ, with the mint address 3uXACfojUrya7VH51jVC1DCHq3uzK4A7g469Q954LABS. The first IQ6900 token is a separate mint that the team has left behind. Price trackers label it "IQ6900 [OLD]". CoinGecko's listing states that IQ6900 was renamed IQ Labs and moved to a new contract.

The old token hit its peak price in early January 2025, according to Decrypt's price page. It still shows up in searches and on some trading apps, so check the mint address before you do anything with it. IQ Labs has also said it will not create any other official coin.

The main IQ market is an IQ/USDC pool on Meteora MET$0.272-6.3%. In mid-October IQ Labs asked Meteora to raise the pool's base fee from 0.3% to 1%. The team said the change would shield liquidity providers when prices swing.

The team published a fee model in April 2026. Under it, SOL fees from inscriptions and database writes go to token buybacks and community rewards. The same thread carried a blunt warning. If monthly revenue stays under $10,000, all of it may go to running costs and developer pay.

The team later said most of each table creation fee would go to the developer whose app created the table. IQ Labs says fees from the NFT launchpad will also fund the project.

Who IQ Labs is for

IQ Labs suits developers and creators who want their data to sit on Solana itself and who are happy to use early tools. It is a weaker fit if you need audited software, a support desk, or a home for a very large media library.

The best use cases are small to mid-sized files where lasting matters more than ease. Think NFT art, token images, text, simple websites, code repos and forum posts. NFT creators with little money may like the launchpad's model, since buyers pay to inscribe their own items.

For very large files such as games or whole websites, IQ Labs itself points you to the SDK over the website. Big uploads send many transactions, so plan for an RPC provider that can take the load.

Is IQ Labs safe? Risks and limitations

IQ Labs is early software from a small team, and we found no published outside audit of the Code-In program or the NFT registry. The main risks are programs that can be changed, a mint flow that relies on the team's server, reads that rely on gateways, and a thinly traded token.

The programs can be changed. The developer docs describe a Code-In upgrade on 16 September 2026 that made accounts larger. It cost existing writers a one-time top-up of about 0.045 SOL. We could not confirm who holds that upgrade key, and the docs do not say. The NFT registry's own README lists its upgrade authority as "the deploy wallet", which reads as a single key. The README gives only a devnet program ID, so check the mainnet program once it is live.

Before the NFT launch, IQ Labs said it ran an informal contract security review with advice from an outside developer. It added an owner check to the instruction that writes chunks of data. That is a code review, not a published audit.

NFT mints depend on IQ Labs. Its server picks which item each buyer gets, and its signing service must approve every mint. If that service is down, mints stop. Buyers also have to trust that the server's picks are fair.

Reads depend on outside services. Wallets and websites load inscriptions through a gateway. If a gateway goes offline, the data can still be rebuilt from Solana transactions. That needs an RPC provider that keeps full transaction history.

The EVM version has a known flaw. The gateway docs say that following the links on EVM chains "silently loses rows when two wallets write the same table at once". The gateway works around this with its own index.

The token carries its own risks. A HashEx automated scan dated 10 October 2025 found that no new IQ can be minted. It also flagged that the token's details can still be edited and that holdings are fairly concentrated. IQ Labs has said the largest wallet is its own treasury.

On 9 October 2026 the team said it would lock its liquidity pool for good on Meteora within a week, using a Squads multisig. As of 29 October we found no post from IQ Labs showing the lock transaction. Treat the liquidity as unlocked until it does.

Funding is thin. Founder Zo wrote on 27 September 2026 that he had gone two years without a company job, was running low on savings, and was open to paid work.

Last, inscriptions cannot be deleted. Anything you upload stays readable. So does anything other people post to a public board or launchpad.

IQ Labs vs IPFS and Arweave storage

Code-In keeps a token's or NFT's files on the same chain as the token. IPFS and Arweave keep the files on a separate network and leave only a link on Solana. That is the trade-off to weigh.

With Code-In you rely on one system, and the link inside a token is a Solana transaction ID. The costs are young tools, protocol fees that add up for big sets, and the need for a gateway so wallets can show the file. IPFS and Arweave are the established route, and most Solana NFTs still use them.

If you only need a standard SPL token with ordinary off-chain metadata, a simple token creator will do. Solana Compass runs its own token creation tool, so weigh that as our product, not a neutral pick. Code-In is the option if you specifically want the image and details stored on Solana.

Team and history

IQ Labs is led by a developer known as Zo, who posts as @Im_zo_sol. The official X account is now @IQLabsOfficial. The old @IQ6900_ account shows no recent posts.

The team put a playable copy of DOOM on Solana in May 2025. It followed with a Game Boy emulator running Pokemon in April 2026. Both were built to show off Code-In. In October 2026 IQ Labs said it had been building for two years, and Zo floated pitching Code-In to companies for uses such as ticketing, contracts and wills.