Did Kaspa have a pre-mine or pre-sale?

No — Kaspa launched on November 7, 2021 with zero pre-mine, zero pre-sale, and zero token allocations. The genesis block (the very first block in the chain) started with an empty UTXO set, meaning no coins existed before public mining began. Every single KAS in circulation today was mined through the same public process that was open to anyone with a CPU from day one — no insider head start, no early investor advantage. For a beginner, this matters because it means no founder or backer received coins before you had a chance to participate.