BlockBeats News, March 23rd, Today Backpack officially launched the token claim and staking page, but it was followed by a large-scale "witch hunt" controversy. Several well-known short sellers and individual investors have reported that a large number of accounts have been identified by the system as witch accounts.
According to community member anymose, 99% of their accounts have been identified as witches, even those established through private invitations in closed communities have not been spared. Currently, the official team has not provided a clear explanation. Some "captain" roles responsible for community growth have become the main affected group, with some questioning the contradictory nature of the rule design - while on one hand encouraging users to expand the ecosystem, on the other hand, conducting a concentrated cleanup of core users actually driving growth. In addition, some community members who communicated with the Backpack Chinese team were informed that some official team members did not receive more specific information.
Meanwhile, user @gch_enbsbxbs from Platform X also stated that both their main and alt accounts on Backpack were identified as witches, speculating that this may be related to their previous participation in activities using multiple devices. Despite claiming to have only operated on a limited scale and inviting real-life friends and family to participate, they were eventually completely banned.
Overall, the witch identification issue during this Backpack token distribution process has deviated from the community's expectations, and the market is closely watching for an official response.
