Mascot needed for Glamsterdam upgrade

[abcoathup]

A mascot is needed for Glamsterdam upgrade (EIP-7773: Hardfork Meta - Glamsterdam).

EIP-8066: Upgrade Mascots specifies mascot requirements and role of facilitator (Mascot Wrestler).

@EvilJordan proposed as Glamsterdam Mascot Wrestler

Recent upgrade names:

• Shapella (Shanghai + Capella)
• Dencun (Cancun + Deneb)
• Pectra (Prague + Electra)
• Fusaka (Fulu + Osaka)
• Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam)

See: Post-Merge Network Upgrade Naming Schemes

(Apologies if I am stepping on the process for selecting star upgrade names, I’m not a core dev)

Suggestions

🐻 Animals & Nature Emoji List

Mascot	Emoji	Reasoning
Ant		Suggested because of ePBS, the headliner is all about building blocks, and ants are builders
Bee		Bees work hard: efficient, coordinated, and parallel.
Flamingo		Long & parallel legs: like how BALs will improve parallelisation. Filter feeders (filter-like structure in their beak separate their prey): a bit like ePBS. Collective noun is a flamboyance. What’s more glamorous than a flamboyance of flamingoes?
Lion
Poodle		Glamsterdam sounds elegant, poodle is a elegant dog.

This is an editable wiki post.

[Zach]

Ooo this is fun. I would suggest using a poodle! Emoji: Reasoning: Glamsterdam sounds elegant, poodle is a elegant dog.

[ReallyAwesomeLabs]

hes on to something with the poodle

[etan-status]

Fusaka bengal tiger btw, too. For balance after already having an African one with the Giraffe.
Dencun was blobfish, not blowfish.

[abcoathup]

@etan-status that is why we need EIP-8066: Upgrade Mascots IMHO.

Blobfish couldn’t be represented by emoji (that I am aware of), which then meant there wasn’t an easy way to share on socials. I used for this purpose. .oO was the other alternative, but again not an emoji.

@nixo took an Official™ emoji poll and won out, but we still have vs for Fusaka less than a month out from mainnet. A Mascot Wrestler could facilitate coordination.

nixo.eth 🦇🔊🥐 (@nixorokish) on X

[TrickyCrypto]

I vote for a Flamingo. They are really glamorous and stand out with their pink, over the top feathers and long legs. Plus on the technical side:

• Flamingoes are known for their very long and parallel legs, much like how BALs will improve parallelisation.

• Flamingoes are filter feeders which use a filter-like structure in their beak separate their prey (brine shrimp and cyanobacteria among other creatures) from the water, a bit like proposer-builder separation.

Also, the collective noun for a group of flamingoes is a flamboyance… What’s more glamorous than a flamboyance of flamingoes?

[EvilJordan]

is suggested because of ePBS… the headliner in this fork is all about building blocks, and ants are builders

[abcoathup]

Imagine @EvilJordan at the next conference in full mascot costume with a sign saying ask me about Glamsterdam.

[EvilJordan]

Honestly, I love this.

[EvilJordan]

Tonight, I went to a drive-through Holiday light show and saw this. I think it’s a sign.

[bbusa]

I propose we use a Lion as posted by lighthouse team.

[abcoathup]

@bbusa can you add some reasoning around why Lion should be chosen. I couldn’t see anything in the Lighthouse article.

The post is a wikipost, so you should be able to edit.

[bbusa]

Look at the image they used for the article.

[abcoathup]

@bbusa

Look at the image

@bbusa I don’t get how the Lion in the image represents Glamsterdam and/or PeerDAS & BALs? I must be missing something.

[EvilJordan]

ANOTHER SIGN. IN FLASHING LIGHTS!

[louchi]

Flamingo is a good one. I was about suggest Glamsterdam but is much better. Both was pink, but one is nasty and the other glamour.

[anhdoanjp]

Flamingo is the one, cuz "What’s more glam orous than a flamboyance of flamingoes? "