At this weekend’s Rare Evo blockchain community event in Dever, Colorado, Hosky and a handful of his Rug Pool operators appeared on a Panel Discussion. It was a lighthearted peek into this corner of the Cardano ecosystem, where people are having fun doing work that they are serious about. Four Rug Pool operators appeared on the panel, including the moderator, and I spotted several more in the audience, including EPOCH, VEGAS, and LIDO. For this article, we will refer to all the participants by their community-facing monikers, including of course Hosky, as well as the stake pool operators.

The panel was moderated by HERO pool, who is also known as one of the founding hosts of the…