The Kenshi token follows the regulatory definition of utility tokens in
Switzerland:
The Kenshi ERC20 token contract address on Arbitrum is:
0xf1264873436A0771E440E2b28072FAfcC5EEBd01The Kenshi utility token is closely tied to the Kenshi ecosystem. Some of the
utilities of this token are:
- Products & Services : The token can be used to unlock access to the products and services provided by Kenshi.
- Voting : The token can be used to vote on community matters, or the direction of the Unchained network. See the Kenshi Engagement Protocol .
- Unchained Nodes : The Unchained protocol implements a Liquid Proof of Stakeconsensus mechanism. Unchained validators stake KNS tokens to improve the security of the Unchained network.
- Unchained Consumers : Consumers use KNS to access validated data stored on the Unchained network. Validators receive these tokens as a reward for running an active node. This is the equivalent of using ETH on the Ethereum network for gas.
The Kenshi v3 token has a total supply of 1B tokens. The majority of the tokens
are offered to the public on UniSwap. You can see an overview of the token
distribution in the chart below.
- Users : Includes tokens currently held by the users, and tokens in the UniSwap liquidity pool.
- Treasury : Includes tokens accumulated by Kenshi due to direct or indirect product sales.
- Reserve : Is the buy back address.
- Staking Rewards : Is the amount of tokens allocated as staking rewards. Currently 10M of these tokens are stored in the Kenshi staking contract.
- Partners & Ecosystem : Reserved for future partnerships; for example, CEX or DEX listings, new chains, etc.
- Grants, Academy & Incentives : Reserved for projects building on Kenshi, academy rewards, and community rewards.
