Acala and Karura plan to stop block production on February 10, 2027

Polkadot ecosystem DeFi network Acala stated that after seven years of development, Acala and its sister network Karura located in Kusama are entering the final phase. Under the premise that Acala's referendum No. 195 and Karura's referendum No. 137 are passed, both networks will cease operations on February 10, 2027. After this date, Acala and Karura will no longer produce new blocks.

Users need to withdraw DOT, KSM, and assets bridged from other chains, such as USDT and USDC, from Acala and Karura before February 10, 2027. LDOT unbonding requires 28 days and must be initiated before January 12, 2027; if LDOT is locked with a validator, an additional 28 days is needed for unlocking, which must be completed before December 16, 2026. LKSM unbonding requires 7 days and must be initiated before February 2, 2027.

ACA and KAR are the native tokens of the two networks and cannot be withdrawn; they will remain on their respective chains. For external assets that have not been withdrawn before the deadline, the team will return them as much as possible; as a last resort, recoverable assets can be returned to the same account's address on the Polkadot or Kusama Asset Hub, but not all assets can be returned in this way. Acala was founded by Bryan, Ruitao, and Bette, who initially developed the synthetic assets and margin trading project Laminar, and later, at the invitation of the Web3 Foundation, built the Polkadot ecosystem stablecoin, evolving into Acala.