Ninja Protocol and the $NINJA token were created on May 1st, 2021 by an anonymous developer going by the pseudo-name "Yuzu".
Roughly 2.2M $NINJA tokens were distributed for free via airdrop to early community members who created artwork and supported the discord with boosts.
$NINJA token was hard-forked on June 23rd, 2021 into a new fractional $NINJA by contributors who participated in the Solana-Season Hackathon.
The original $NINJA tokens were renamed to $OLDNINJA and stopped being supported by Ninja Protocol.
Ninja Protocol started as a simple gamified token experience with a "meme token" $NINJA at the center of the ecosystem.