Team public accountability surface
Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-112 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Both co-founders have deep verifiable public trails: Gorbunov has peer-reviewed publications at TCC 2020, CCS 2020, USENIX Security 2020, UWaterloo faculty page, multiple podcast/YouTube appearances, and participated in SEC meeting (June 2025). Vlachos appeared in person at Upbit D Conference 2024, Cosmoverse (Medellin), and CryptoNews podcast ep 387 (Nov 2024). GitHub contributors (jakovmitrovski, cgorenflo, themicp, chipshort) are publicly identifiable. Accountability surface is exceptionally high for a DeFi protocol.
Sources #
- GitHubaxelarnetwork/axelar-core: Axelar: A Decentralized Blockchain Interoperability Networkaxelar-core main branch — contributors jakovmitrovski, cgorenflo, themicp, chipshort, h4writer identified in commits Feb-Mar 2026retrieved 2026-05-17
- Sergey Gorbunov - People in crypto | IQ.wikiSergey Gorbunov IQ.wiki — publication record (TCC 2020, CCS 2020, USENIX Security 2020), UWaterloo faculty, YouTuberetrieved 2026-05-17
- Mainstreaming blockchain is the big idea at Upbit D ConferenceKorea JoongAng Daily — Georgios Vlachos pictured speaking in person at Upbit D Conference 2024 keynote discussionretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Count the number of verifiable public trails per team member (LinkedIn with employment history, conference talks, prior employer records, GitHub with aged contribution history).
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