The controversy surrounding the Backpack witch trials rules has sparked widespread criticism from the community, and there has been no official response yet.

According to Mars Finance, Backpack officially launched its token redemption and staking page on March 23, but this was followed by a large-scale controversy surrounding "sorcery accusations." Several well-known short sellers and individual investors reported that a large number of accounts were identified as "sorcery accounts" by the system. According to community member anymose, 99% of his accounts were flagged as "sorcery accounts," even those in closed communities built through private invitations. Currently, the official response has not been clear. Some "team leaders" responsible for community growth are the main affected group, with some questioning the contradictory rule design: on the one hand, encouraging users to expand the ecosystem, while on the other hand, focusing on cleaning up core users who actually drive growth. Furthermore, after communicating with the Backpack Chinese team, some community members learned that even some official members did not receive further clear information. Meanwhile, X platform user @gch_enbsbxbs also stated that both his main Backpack account and secondary accounts were flagged as "sorcery accounts," speculating that this might be related to his previous use of multiple devices to participate in activities. Although he claimed to have limited the scale and invited real-life friends and family to participate, he was ultimately banned. Overall, the Sybil identification issue during Backpack's token issuance process deviated from community expectations, and the market is closely watching the official response.