Handle reuse across failed/rugged projects

Lombard Finance'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 #

Jacob Phillips (@JacobPPhillips on X) has a consistent Lombard/Perennial Labs/Polychain identity. No OSINT results linking any Lombard team social handle to a prior rugged or failed project. Multiple independent news sources (The Block, CoinDesk, Blockworks) corroborate consistent team identity since April 2024 launch.

Sources #

URL
https://x.com/JacobPPhillipsretrieved 2026-05-05
URL
https://www.theblock.co/post/367548/bitcoin-lombard-bard-token-sale-450-million-valuation-buidlpadretrieved 2026-05-05

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 lombard factor RD-F-118 score green collected_at 2026-05-05 12:03:08