Kadena

Kadena is a name that refers to several distinct entities in different contexts. One is a town in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, located on Okinawa Island. It is adjacent to Kadena Air Base, a major feature of the area's landscape and economy.

Kadena Air Base is a United States Air Force installation on Okinawa Island, near the town of Kadena. It is one of the largest U.S. overseas air bases and serves as a key operations and logistics hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

Kadena (blockchain) is a blockchain technology company and platform founded in 2016 by Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino. It developed the Pact smart contract language and Chainweb architecture to enable scalable, secure blockchain networks. Kadena operates public and private networks, and its native token, KDA, is used to pay for transactions and access network services.