Team doxx status
Orca's assessment for RD-F-111 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Co-founders Grace Kwan (Ori) and Yutaro Mori (rawfalafel) are real-name doxxed with verifiable prior professional histories. Kwan: Stanford BS/MS CS, Coursera SWE, IDEO Tokyo interaction designer; publicly named in media since at least 2021. Mori: Eth 2.0 Golang client contributor, UMA Protocol engineer; public LinkedIn + podcast appearances. Initially launched pseudonymously as 'YM' and 'Ori' in Feb 2021; progressive disclosure to full real-name since. Core governance council members include named professionals (Lakshman Sankar, Chris Montagano, Hart Lambur, Min Teo, Larry Sukernik) plus one community pseudonym (Cortina).
Sources #
- URL
- Meet the Orca Team — Orca Medium (2021)https://medium.com/orca-so/meet-the-orca-team-1b116398db48retrieved 2026-05-16
- Gemini Cryptopedia — Orca AMM v1 launched February 2021https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/orca-crypto-exchange-solana-dex-orca-tokenretrieved 2026-05-16
- Orca Governance Council Members — forums.orca.sohttps://forums.orca.so/t/governance-council-members/95retrieved 2026-05-16
Methodology #
Classify each named team member as: real-name / consistent-pseudonym-with-track-record / pseudonym-no-track-record / fully-anonymous.
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