Gorbagana was born from a public dispute between crypto lawyer Gabriel Shapiro and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko about whether trademark control undermines blockchain decentralisation.

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The copycat blockchain, dubbed Gorbagana, originated from a satirical back-and-forth between crypto lawyer Gabriel Shapiro and Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko over whether decentralisation can exist when one entity controls a protocol’s branding.

The dispute began as a disagreement about what “decentralisation,” a lodestar in the crypto industry, really means in practice.