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If you participated through our Karura website or through one of our mobile wallet partners, your tokens have been distributed. Users that participated through other means will need to go through the claims process. Learn how to .
Only users that participated through the website (screenshot below) need to go through the claims process. All other users will have their tokens automatically distributed to them. If enter your Kusama address on and don't see your tokens, you probably need to go through the claims process.
No. The KAR rewards will be distributed to the Karura address associated with the Kusama address you used to contribute.
30% of your KAR tokens will be immediately unlocked and the remaining 70% will unlock of the duration of the parachain lease. A small portion of your locked tokens will be unlocked with every block (block times are targeted for every 12 seconds).
Your KAR tokens are in your account, but the Fearless UI needs to be updated in order for you to see them. You can check with the Fearless team on the timing of that update. In the meantime, you can also export your mnemonic seed from Fearless to Polkawallet or the Polkadot.js browser extension. If you can't remember your mnemonic seed from Fearless, open the app and go to Settings > Account > (i) > Export Account > Mnemonic Passphrase.
There are 100,000,000 KAR tokens.
Exchanges may have different promotion schemes. The following exchanges will be supporting Karura crowdloan. Please contact them to find out.
Kraken
OKEx
Kucoin
Huobi (TBD)
Your KSM tokens will be locked for the full duration of Karura’s parachain lease, which is 48 weeks since the launch of the Karura network.
Yes, your KSM tokens will be automatically returned to you when the parachain lease ends.
Karura never has custody of your KSM tokens. Your KSM tokens are bonded to the crowdloan module, which lives on the Kusama Relay Chain, and remain visible within your wallet.
All submissions to the crowdloan module are final and cannot be withdrawn. You will automatically receive your funds at the end of the parachain lease.
No. KSM contributed to the crowdloan are locked on the Kusama Relay Chain. You will however receive KAR tokens based on your contribution, once Karura wins the auction and launches mainnet.
The KAR token serves three key functions:
The foundation of governance of Karura
Proof-of-liveness of the network (rewards for collators)
KAR as utility token to pay fees for various network activities
11 million KAR tokens, which is equivalent to 11% of the token supply, will be distributed to contributors of the crowdloan module.
Yes. Upon receipt of your KAR tokens, 30% will be unlocked and transferrable, while the remaining 70% will be vested and gradually unlocked over the lease period. However, the full balance can be used to participate in governance.
No.
No. The Karura Dollar (kUSD) is a stablecoin. KAR is the native token of the Karura network.
Didn't find the answer? Ask our support team: support@acala.network
We have created the website for users to claim their tokens.
The KAR rewards will be distributed to the Karura address associated with the Kusama address you used to contribute. Polkawallet users can see their KAR tokens by connecting to the Karura network in the Polkawallet app. Polkadot.js browser extension users can learn how to
No. Check the ways to participate here:
