Team public accountability surface
EigenLayer's assessment for RD-F-112 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Accountability surface is among the highest in DeFi. Sreeram Kannan: UW ECE faculty page, Google Scholar (extensive academic publication history in information theory, blockchain), CoinDesk profile, Blockworks speaker, Devcon Bogotá speaker, LinkedIn with complete academic/professional history. Protocol Council: Mehdi Zerouali (Sigma Prime) has a decade of public blockchain security work and is on Polygon's Protocol Council; Gonçalo Sá (Creed/ConsenSys Diligence) has 20+ years offensive security with public presence; Mike Reinhart (Unit410) is named as a crypto staking operator. Community Multisig includes Tim Beiko (Ethereum Foundation), Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet/Robot Ventures), Anna Rose (ZK Podcast host), Viktor Bunin, Uma Roy — all have extensive public professional trails.
Sources #
- Curator noteSreeram Kannan — Google ScholarSreeram Kannan Google Scholar profile — publication trailretrieved 2026-04-28
- Sreeram Kannan Speaker Profile — BlockworksBlockworks speaker profile — Sreeram Kannanretrieved 2026-04-28
- Introducing the Protocol Council — Eigen FoundationProtocol Council announcement listing member backgroundsretrieved 2026-04-28
- EigenLayer's Sreeram Kannan: King of the Professor CoinsCoinDesk profile — 'King of the Professor Coins'retrieved 2026-04-28
Methodology #
Count the number of verifiable public trails per team member (LinkedIn with employment history, conference talks, prior employer records, GitHub with aged contribution history).
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