Handle reuse across failed/rugged projects
Pendle 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 evidence of any social handle associated with Pendle team members being linked to prior rugged/failed projects under different aliases. TN Lee's online presence is continuous from Kyber Network era. UncleGrandpa925 GitHub history is continuous DeFi/smart-contract development. GT and YK pseudonymous but no cross-protocol failed-project association identified. Protocol's own prior name 'Benchmark' was a clean rebrand to 'Pendle' by the same team.
Sources #
- URLTN Lee — protocol origin: Benchmark → Pendle (same team)Pendle founding history — Benchmark rebrandretrieved 2026-04-29
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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