Following the sudden exit of SushiSwap’s anonymous founder, many users have begun to speculate on the identity of this controversial figure.

While
some focused on the current maintainer of the project Sam
Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, others saw Band Protocol’s chief
technology officer, Sorawit Suriyakarn, as the person behind this
project.

The evidence cited primarily involved the Sushiswap.org domain, which is provably shown to be hosted on the same IP address as Band Protocol’s website. 

In
an email conversation with Cointelegraph, CEO of Band Soravis
Srinawakoon said that this evidence is misleading, and refuted all
allegations that the project is behind SushiSwap.

He did concede
that Suriyakarn was approached by Chef Nomi for a code review.
Suriyakarn did provide such a review “to make sure no user funds will be
lost,” since BAND was one of the tokens that could be used to farm
SUSHI. “We naturally wanted to support such an idea because it could
directly benefit BAND holders and Sushiswap was not the only project we
have done such a thing,” Srinawakoon added.

He went on to explain
that the IP addresses are indeed the same, because both websites are
hosted on Render — a hosting service that “has been gaining in
popularity.” It is true that many other completely unrelated websites
are also located on the same address, which seems to reinforce the idea
that this is just a coincidence.

Other supposed “evidence”
included similarities in the frontend code, pointing to similar names
for some style files that share a common scheme of “main-chunk.css.”


Srinawakoon
said that this is simply the result of both using the React framework, a
very popular frontend development tool. He stated that similar naming
schemes could be found in any React app.

Finally,
some pointed out that the SSL certificate for both websites was issued
by the same authority, Let’s Encrypt. This is once again common, with
Cointelegraph itself using the same provider. Srinawakoon concluded:


“I
hope this dispels some misconceptions from some people that try to
associate Band with Sushiswap. As stated in our official response, while
we may have helped them in the beginning, we are not the creator of
Sushiswap nor have a stake in them.”

The identity of
the SushiSwap founder remains unknown, and allegations raised so far
appear to fall short of convincing. In the meantime the project appears
to be gradually transitioning to a new, community-led ownership model.

 source link : https://cointelegraph.com/news/band-protocol-denies-any-role-in-the-mysterious-origins-of-sushiswap