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Kadena Fork Update (Nov 15, 2025)
Response to Legal Complaint on Kadena Fork Listing
Subject: Clarification and Defense of Community-Led Kadena Continuation Amid Misguided MiCA Complaint
Dear @Gate , @CoinMetro , @coinexcom Teams,
We, as representatives of the Kadena community and contributors to the November 8, 2025, hard fork (the "New Kadena Chain"), write to address the recent public complaint filed against your platforms under MiCA (Articles 6, 14–20, 59–61) and forwarded to Estonian/Lithuanian authorities. This complaint, alleging your listing of a "fraudulent" $KDA token involving cloned transactions, branding theft, and issuer misrepresentation, stems from a vocal minority's frustration with the original @kadena_io LLC's abrupt shutdown. It mischaracterizes a legitimate, decentralized community rescue as deception. We urge you to maintain your support for the New Kadena Chain, which has overwhelmingly become the true continuation of the ecosystem—now commanding 90% hashrate, active development, and broad project migrations—while we provide the facts to refute these claims.
The context is critical: On October 21, 2025, Kadena's founders (@_wjmartino_ and @SirLensALot ) suddenly ceased operations without notice, crashing $KDA's price and abandoning a live blockchain. This wasn't a graceful wind-down but a unilateral exit after six years of underperformance, leaving developers, miners, and holders exposed. In response, the community—led by key figures in crypto—rallied to fork at block 6335858, preserving the chain's history, balances, and functionality under a new client (v3.0) that enforces incompatibility with the defunct original. Far from "single-individual control," this is a grassroots effort: Original devs have returned, a community board is forming, and projects like @MercOnKadena , @crankk_io , and @thebrothersdao have migrated seamlessly. The original chain, lacking support, has dwindled to irrelevance (<1% hashrate) and is effectively dead. Claims of "cloned transactions" reference early replay vulnerabilities from the shared "mainnet01" ID—a rushed necessity in an 18-day crisis, now stabilized with no ongoing exploits. Losses (~23M KDA) were unfortunate but contained, akin to risks in any contentious fork (e.g., Ethereum's DAO split), and do not equate to fraud.
On MiCA compliance: Your due diligence aligns with Articles 15–20, as the New Kadena Chain is verifiable via public explorers (explorer.chainweb-community.org), on-chain metrics, and community consensus—evidenced by mining pools (Poolflare.net, @f2pool , @dxpoolofficial , @AntPoolofficial ) and wallets (@linx_labs ) endorsing it. No "issuer" misrepresentation exists; Kadena's August 26, 2025, patent non-renewal (US10938567B2) explicitly affirmed its open-source, non-proprietary nature, predating the shutdown and validating reuse of branding/history as a continuation, not theft (contra Article 6/14 misleading claims). Consumer protections (Articles 59–61) are upheld: Users were warned pre-fork to withdraw to non-custodial wallets, and your platforms' support has protected EU holders from total loss by enabling access to the surviving chain. The complaint's "Replay Kadena" vision is illusory—a founder-quit relic with no viability—while police claims of "stolen funds" lack evidence beyond replays, which are technical artifacts, not crimes.
We appreciate your platforms' integrity in listing the New Kadena Chain. Delisting would harm users and contradict MiCA's innovation mandate. Should authorities inquire, we stand ready to provide documentation, including on-chain audits and community attestations. Let's collaborate to educate regulators: This fork saved Kadena from oblivion, embodying decentralization over centralized abandonment.
Best regards,
New Kadena Fork Community
