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I used to think it had something to do with dank memes, but I recently learned it's named after Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist who came up with the idea.
by ruuda 3y ago
I used to think it had something to do with dank memes, but I recently learned it's named after Ethereum researcher Dankrad Feist who came up with the idea.
- k__ 3y agoDank, rad and feist? What a name!
- somedude895 3y agoThere's a security researcher who calls herself Isis Agora Lovecruft and I'm pretty sure it's not her real name. I thought it might be the same with this guy, but Dankrad seems to be an actual German name meaning something like "thanks for the advice"
- losvedir 3y agoAnd of course there's security researcher, Signal crypto designer, and former HN commenter, Moxie Marlinspike!
- Hendrikto 3y agoAs a German, I have never heard that name, but your translation is about correct. "Rat" as in "advice" is spelled with a T, but the name might be older than that spelling.
- somedude895 3y agoI found it here: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankred_(Vorname) https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankred_(Vorname) Apparently the name Tanqueray, like the gin brand, is related. Names are fun!
- twic 3y agoOh, so Tancred in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tancred https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tancred
- pixelpoet 3y agoYep, Dankrad is "thanks for the bike" :D
- fwip 3y agoI dunno, seems like a plausible trans person name, since we get to pick our own. Also, their twitter profile currently indicates that they use they/them pronouns, not she/her.
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- twic 3y agoI believe he developed the idea with another researcher, Diederik Loerakker, aka Protolambda, who contributed the other part of the name: https://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/danksharding/ https://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/danksharding/