Team doxx status
stHYPE (Valantis Labs)'s assessment for RD-F-111 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Both teams publicly identified by real name with multi-platform corroboration. Thunderhead: Addison Spiegel (founder) — real name, MIT affiliation, personal website (addison.is), LinkedIn, MIT HTMAA 2024 page. Valantis Labs: Deven Matthews (CEO, ex-Nethermind CSO) + Eduardo Carvalho (CTO, ex-Nethermind DeFi engineering director) — both have LinkedIn profiles with prior employer histories, Crunchbase, cited in The Block/CoinDesk acquisition coverage. Thunderhead team of ~6 total; Safe signers 2–6 not individually attributed (pseudonymous). Classification: real-name / consistent-pseudonym-with-track-record for named individuals; pseudonym-no-track-record for unnamed Safe signers.
Sources #
- URLDeven Matthews - Valantis Labs | LinkedInDeven Matthews LinkedIn — Valantis Labs co-founder, prior Nethermind CSOretrieved 2026-05-17
- Eduardo Carvalho - Valantis Labs | LinkedInEduardo Carvalho LinkedIn — Valantis Labs CTO, prior Nethermind Director Protocol Engineeringretrieved 2026-05-17
- About Addison SpiegelAddison Spiegel personal website — identity, credentials, Thunderhead founderretrieved 2026-05-17
- Valantis Acquires Liquid Staking Protocol stHYPE (Chainwire 2025-08-19)Chainwire acquisition announcement — Addison Spiegel named as Thunderhead founder; Deven Matthews quoted as Valantis CEOretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Classify each named team member as: real-name / consistent-pseudonym-with-track-record / pseudonym-no-track-record / fully-anonymous.
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