Team other-protocol involvement history
Stake DAO'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 #
Julien Bouteloup founded Stake DAO after 4 years as first core-team BD lead at Curve Finance; also founded Stake Capital Group, BlackPool Finance, and Rekt News — all legitimate operating entities. PumpkingWok affiliated with BlackPool Finance (Julien Bouteloup co-project) and Defiville — no rug history found. imqdee: former Ledger Blockchain R&D, ETHGlobal winner. Web search for 'Stake DAO rug exit scam fraud deployer' returns no results for Stake DAO. No team member found linked to prior rugged protocol.
Sources #
- URLJulien Bouteloup — Founder at Stake DAO — CryptoSlateJulien Bouteloup CryptoSlate profileretrieved 2026-05-16
- PumpkingWok GitHub ProfilePumpkingWok GitHub profile — BlackPool Finance affiliationretrieved 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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