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Handle reuse across failed/rugged projects

Yearn 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 #

No handle reuse across failed or rugged projects detected. banteg (@bantg) has maintained a single consistent identity since at least 2020 across X, GitHub, and the Yearn governance forum. Named signers use their real names or consistent handles tied to known active protocols. No Wayback Machine or OSINT evidence of prior project association under different alias found.

Sources #

  • URL
    banteg (@bantg) on Xbanteg X profile — consistent handle @bantg active since 2020+retrieved 2026-05-16
  • GitHub
    banteg — GitHub Overviewbanteg GitHub — consistent identity across 219 repos and Yearn orgretrieved 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 yearn-finance factor RD-F-118 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 08:34:32