The journey leading up to the anticipated token release for Catizen on September 20 has been marked by turbulence, with prior postponements and strategic alterations sparking player dissent. The unveiling of airdrop allocations has reignited dissatisfaction among the community, following developer Pluto Studio’s acknowledgment of unannounced changes to allocation criteria.
Pluto Studio’s revelation on Saturday regarding the quantity of tokens players are to receive upon the CATI token’s launch on The Open Network introduced additional uncertainty. With the token’s market value yet to be determined until its debut, players are left navigating through speculation.
Dissatisfaction has brewed among the community, particularly on Twitter, where players lamented their lower-than-expected share of the total 1 billion CATI tokens, 305 million of which will be in circulation at launch. Even players who have dedicated significant time to the Telegram-based puzzle game felt short-changed by their allocations.
Expressions of unfairness emerged vividly, with one player ranking 6,054 out of 36 million yet receiving a mere 39 CATI tokens. This sentiment of inequity has driven calls for greater transparency in the token allocation process.
The adjustment in token distribution, shifting from a previously announced 43% to the community down to a circulation of about 30% at launch, has unfurled various concerns. Further clarification over the weekend did little to assuage worries, especially with the introduction of a Binance Launchpool rewards campaign accounting for 9% of the total supply.
Moreover, the airdrop design underwent a last-minute revision after it came to light that bot accounts had exploited the system, undermining genuine player engagement. This adjustment has shifted focus away from in-game vKitty earnings to on-chain interactions and other metrics better reflecting player involvement, a move that has amplified accusations of a bait-and-switch tactic favoring monetary expenditure over time investment.
Queries directed at Pluto Studio regarding these concerns and their decision not to outright ban cheaters has yet to elicit a response, leaving a cloud of uncertainty over the fairness and integrity of the upcoming token launch.