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The pangolin mascot naming contest has a winner...

🎉👋 MEET MERKLE! 👋🎉

The name is a nod to the cryptographer Ralph Merkle who created a number of technologies that are fundamental to bitcoin. 

He is most famous for co-inventing public key cryptography and creating the Merkle trees we all know and love.

Congratulations to nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpqc3mk7v0pq2vwfljmdf9e6khzgqzz7t9p0ddrwgy0xytx7t5g7pdqj05njj  for submitting the winning entry on nostr. To celebrate, we will be releasing some special content on Merkle trees next month.

The runner up was Petunia 🌸 Honorable mentions go to those that submitted the names Scaly, Petey, Pauldron, Ronnie, Pangoshi, Bitsy, Nacho, Toshi, and Leroy.  In the coming days we will be reaching out to you so we can send stickers your way!

Thanks everyone for your participation! The names you submitted were so good we may have to expand the Merkle family tree to include new friends 😉