Buzzfeed has uncovered that the real identities of “Gordon Goner” and “Gargamel,” two of the four original Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT series creators, are Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow.
Got doxed so why not. Web2 me vs Web3 me. pic.twitter.com/jfmzo5NtrH
— Garga.eth (@CryptoGarga) February 5, 2022
By searching the publicly available data of Yuga Labs, the journalist was able to discover the pair’s names by searching the publicly available data of Yuga Labs, the firm behind the collection.
Got doxxed against my will. Oh well.
Web2 me vs. Web3 me pic.twitter.com/uLkpsJ5LvN
— GordonGoner.eth (@GordonGoner) February 5, 2022
The non-consensual publication of Aronow and Solano’s names has sparked outrage among Web3 users, who are calling the story “doxxing” rather than proper journalistic technique. Crypto podcaster “Cobie” dubbed the story “standard Buzzfeed rubbish.” Yuga Labs said on Feb. 4 that the NFT collection was in discussions for investment with A16z, one of Silicon Valley’s top VC companies, which valued the collection at $5 billion.
Solano and Aronow aren’t the only prominent crypto figures to be publicly outed this year. Earlier, the genuine name of DeFi protocol co-founder “Wonderland,” who also co-founded the now-defunct Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX, was also revealed by different media firms.
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