Commit before fieldwork completes. Mint when the patched module goes live.
We are not soliciting new deposits during the Hexens audit window while a patched Peg Stability Module awaits its on-chain cutover. The queue lets you commit your intended mint now, hold the audit-window Opal multiplier at your commitment time, and mint the moment that patched module opens. A soft commitment, on the record, at the audit-window rate.
Kerne's first external audit is underway, begun July 13, 2026. Committing during the audit window is the point: you are early, before the report and before the patched module opens for deposits.
Opal Genesis Extended is live and date-certain to the August 19, 2026 snapshot. Fragments accrue every hour a wallet holds kUSD, so earlier holding compounds against a smaller denominator.
New deposits route through a patched Peg Stability Module at cutover: USDC in, kUSD out, fully reserved, redeemable 1:1 through the same module at any time.
How the queue works
State the size you intend to mint and the wallet that will mint it. No funds move, nothing is signed on chain. It is a soft commitment that puts your intent in writing and dates it.
We record the cohort tier your commitment time qualifies for and hold it for you. If the patched module opens after the cohort would otherwise have stepped down, you keep the earlier, higher rate, applied to your position when you mint.
We are holding off soliciting new deposits during the Hexens audit window while the patched Peg Stability Module awaits its on-chain cutover. The moment that path opens, you mint at your own pace through the same fully reserved, 1:1-redeemable module, and we apply the audit-window tier we are holding for you.
The multiplier you lock
Opal fragments accrue per hour held, times a deposit-cohort multiplier set by when you first hold. Committing now holds the tier your commitment time qualifies for, so a pause that outlasts a weekly step-down does not demote you. The published schedule holds the Extended Founder 2.0x tier through July 17 UTC, then steps the ladder down weekly through the August 19 snapshot. The live ladder:
| Cohort | Window (UTC) | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| Extended Founderopen now | Through Jul 17 UTC | 2.0x |
| Week 2 | Jul 17 to Jul 23 | 1.75x |
| Week 3 | Jul 24 to Jul 30 | 1.5x |
| Week 4 | Jul 31 to Aug 6 | 1.25x |
| Final stretch | Aug 7 to snapshot | 1.0x |
The multiplier redistributes shares of the fixed 50,000,000 KERNE community pool toward earlier holders. It never inflates the pool and never costs new capital, and it attaches to a continuous hold: a full redemption resets it to the base rate, and we re-apply your held rate on a fresh mint. Read the full token reality first at the token disclosure.
For anchor allocators
The queue is the soft first step. A signed anchor letter of intent, for the first $5M aggregate of committed mints, carries a guaranteed 6.0x Opal multiplier for the life of the pre-TGE points program, a named transparency page, and symmetric 1:1 exit, all set out in the anchor terms. The queue is the lower-friction way to signal real intent now; the signed terms are the upgrade when you are ready.
Diligence us first in the diligence dossier and the data room. Every number there is read live from public endpoints or verifiable on chain.
Lock your place
Tell us the size you intend to mint and the wallet that will mint it. We record your commitment, hold your audit-window multiplier, and confirm by email. You are free to revise it or walk away at any time before you mint.
Kerne is infrastructure, not a custodian or an investment adviser. Nothing on this page is investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice, and nothing here is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any token or security. A commitment is soft and non-binding: no funds move, nothing is signed on chain, and you may revise or withdraw it at any time before you mint. kUSD is a protocol-issued synthetic dollar, not a fiat-backed payment stablecoin; kUSD itself pays no yield for holding it, and yield exists only through the separate skUSD staking receipt, which is gated on the external audit. Opal fragments are a points balance that converts to a pro-rata share of the fixed community pool at token generation; they are not a token, a price, or a yield promise.