Team public accountability surface
Orca'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 #
Both co-founders have ≥4 distinct verifiable public trails. Grace Kwan: LinkedIn with employment history, Stanford academic record, Coin Rivet named video interview, Solana Foundation podcast (Validated Ep #46), logo design attribution. Yutaro Mori: LinkedIn, GitHub (Eth 2.0 Golang, UMA contributions), YouTube podcast appearances, named in CoinDesk funding coverage. Michael Hwang (tmoc): LinkedIn + GitHub. Each core team member exceeds the green threshold of ≥3 trails.
Sources #
- URLMeet the Orca Team — Orca Medium (2021)https://medium.com/orca-so/meet-the-orca-team-1b116398db48retrieved 2026-05-16
- Coin Rivet — Exclusive interview with Grace Kwan (video)https://coinrivet.com/rise-of-solana-exclusive-interview-with-orca-co-founder-grace-kwan/retrieved 2026-05-16
- Solana Validated Ep #46 — Yutaro Mori & Grace Kwan (public on-camera/audio appearance)https://solana.com/validated/episodes/yutaro-mori-grace-kwan-co-founders-of-orca-ep-46retrieved 2026-05-16
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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