Founded in 2016, Kadena is a Layer 1 Proof-of-Work blockchain designed to deliver high scalability. It offers developers the tools and infrastructure needed to build and deploy decentralized applications (dApps) while taking advantage of Kadena’s unique features. KDA serves as the native cryptocurrency of the Kadena network, with a fixed total supply of 1 billion tokens scheduled to be mined over 120 years. It functions as a utility token used to pay transaction fees on Kadena’s public chain and is also awarded to miners who contribute to securing the network. Kadena uses an innovative variation of the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism - Chainweb