Team other-protocol involvement history
BENQI's assessment for RD-F-113 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No prior rug or exit-scam protocol found for any named team member. JD Gagnon's pre-BENQI history: financial consultant at Investors Group (2008–2014), founder of Scotch & Ramen Media (2017–2019), Velox trading platform — none flagged as rug. Rome Blockchain Labs launched BENQI as its debut protocol; also operates Rome Terminal (trading terminal, no rug history). No BENQI entry in rekt.news or hacksdatabase (orchestrator-confirmed grep). ~57 months live without incident. Prior history is neutral-to-positive.
Sources #
- Internalhacksdatabase grep result (benqi: 0 entries)hacksdatabase grep — orchestrator confirmed no 'benqi' entries in risk-dashboard/hacksdatabase/retrieved 2026-05-16
- rekt.news — no BENQI entryrekt.news — searched for BENQI; no BENQI entry found (evidence of absence)retrieved 2026-05-16
- JD Gagnon — IQ.wikiIQ.wiki JD Gagnon bio — prior career history (Investors Group, Scotch & Ramen, Velox)retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Document current or prior protocol roles for team members (conflicts of interest, prior rugs, prior successful launches).
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