Handle reuse across failed/rugged projects
Meteora'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 #
Ben Chow's handles (@hellochow, @benchow_sol) and Meow's handle (@weremeow) have been consistently associated with Meteora and Jupiter throughout their multi-year tenure. The Meteora/Mercurial rebrand (December 2022) was a publicly documented product evolution, not an identity-laundering rebranding. No evidence of either founder handle being previously associated with a rugged or failed project under a different alias.
Sources #
- URLSolana DeFi Project Mercurial to Relaunch as Meteora, Replace MER Token | CoinDeskCoinDesk December 2022 rebrand article documenting the Mercurial-to-Meteora rebrand as a public, named transitionretrieved 2026-05-16
- Meteora Cofounder Ben Chow Resigns Amid Libra Fallout | BeInCryptoBeInCrypto resignation article — confirms consistent @hellochow and @weremeow handle usage across Meteora tenureretrieved 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.
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