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# Initializing Pools

Any user can initialize a pool for an arbitrary pair of tokens. The user who initializes the pool selects the starting price.

To prevent spam for pools on non-existent tokens or pools with drastically skewed prices, the user must permanently burn a small but economically meaningless quantity of both tokens in the pool.