Handle reuse across failed/rugged projects
Circle USYC's assessment for RD-F-118 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
No social handle reuse across failed or rugged projects found for any team member. Leo Mizuhara's public presence (Twitter, LinkedIn, conference profiles) is consistently tied to Hashnote/Circle identity. David Shapiro and Alex Walchli have no prior DeFi-protocol alias associations identified in OSINT.
Sources #
- URLLeo Mizuhara - IQ.wikiLeo Mizuhara IQ.wiki profile - single consistent identity across all platforms linked to Hashnote and Circle onlyretrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Determine whether any social handle (Twitter, Discord) has been associated with a prior rugged or failed project under a different alias.
See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →
rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol circle-usyc factor RD-F-118 score green collected_at 2026-05-15 21:56:43