Suggested because of ePBS, the headliner is all about building blocks, and ants are builders
Beaver
Literal dam-builder — the Builder in ePBS — and “dam” is sitting right there in Amsterdam.
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?
Hamster
Hiding in plain sight inside Glamsterdam. Cheek pouches pre-declare their cargo before scurrying — a functioning metaphor for a Block Access List.
Arctic octopus
An Arctic octopus operates through semi-autonomous arms coordinating without a central controller, mirroring ePBS decoupling block construction from proposal and BALs enabling parallel, pre-declared state access for efficient execution.
Polar Bear
Soldøgn Interop (core protocol contributors) focused on Glamsterdam. Polar bears may have been present, and encounters can be dangerous
Poodle
Glamsterdam sounds elegant, poodle is a elegant dog.
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.
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?
An Arctic octopus fits Glamsterdam because, like enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation and Block Access Lists, it operates through semi-autonomous arms coordinating without a central controller, mirroring ePBS decoupling block construction from proposal and BALs enabling parallel, pre-declared state access for efficient execution.
A lion is the official coat of arms from both the Netherlands and Amsterdam. Lions are commonly used in association with anything of national importance. It dates back to the middle ages as a symbol for strength, courage and sovereignty and was used to unify the Dutch provinces. In these days, it’s still a symbol to unite anything of national value e.g. sports teams (Orange lions / lioness, young lions/cubs), public goods, charities, national museums, etc.
Ant - builders (ePBS)
Beaver - dam-builder (Glamsterdam)
Bee - coordinated, parallel workers
Flamingo - parallel legs (BAL) + filter feeder (ePBS) + flamboyance (Glamsterdam)
Hamster - Glamsterdam, cheek pouches (BAL)
Arctic Octopus - semi-autonomous arms (ePBS) + parallel tentacles (BAL)
Polar Bear - Soldøgn Interop
Poodle - elegant dog
Shapella (Shanghai + Capella)
Dencun (Cancun + Deneb)
Pectra (Prague + Electra)
Fusaka (Fulu + Osaka)
Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam)
Reasoning: Glamsterdam sounds elegant, poodle is a elegant dog.
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for Fusaka less than a month out from mainnet. A Mascot Wrestler could facilitate coordination.
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