Mascot needed for Hegotá upgrade

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A mascot is needed for Hegotá upgrade.

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

Mascot Requirements

  • Relevance: The mascot MUST relate thematically to one or more of the network upgrade’s headliners, the namesakes of the network upgrade’s layer names (e.g., the execution layer city or the consensus layer star), or the client interop events for the network upgrade.
  • Representation: The mascot MUST be expressible using one or more standard Unicode emojis (e.g., :panda: for the Merge).
  • Form: The mascot SHOULD depict an animal (real, mythical, or stylized, but always animal-adjacent).
  • Tone: The mascot MUST NOT be offensive (no depictions of violence, discrimination, or controversy) and SHOULD be inherently cute (e.g., avoiding aggressive or fearsome traits unless softened for adorability).

@EvilJordan proposed as Hegotá Mascot Wrestler

Recent upgrade names:

  • :owl: Shapella (Shanghai + Capella)
  • :blowfish: Dencun (Cancun + Deneb)
  • :giraffe: Pectra (Prague + Electra)
  • :zebra: Fusaka (Fulu + Osaka)
  • :polar_bear: Glamsterdam (Gloas + Amsterdam)
  • :question: Hegotá (Heze + Bogotá)

See: Post-Merge Network Upgrade Naming Schemes

Suggestions

Mascot Emoji Reasoning
Dinosaur :sauropod: FOCIL (headliner) sounds like fossil. Dinosaur used as FOCIL mascot
Bee :honeybee: Represent swarm of includers in FOCIL & honeysweet delightfulness of frames UX

This is an editable wiki post.

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Polar bear selected as mascot for Glamsterdam upgrade
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Fork Mascot Emoji Reasoning
Hegotá Goat :goat: Sounds like it

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I want to propose Gio as Hegota Upgrade mascot. She already appears on Decentralized identity | ethereum.org and owned by @Lililashka which has gifted us many great designs for ethereum.org website. So why not add a cute kitty as an entry?

She is actually more than a simple kitty, she is kitty embedded to ETH logo 5 years ago.

Fork Mascot Emoji Reasoning
Hegotá Gio :cat_face: Already part of Ethereum’s visual history, Gio represents a more open, user-first Ethereum — fitting Hegotá’s focus on inclusion and better UX.

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For GIO yes👏 Im support it

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is said to appear with the imminent arrival or death of a sage or illustrious ruler

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Long live GIO!

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Gio should be new mascot.

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Thanks for suggesting 麒麟

How does it relate to the headliner(s)?
What emoji should be used?

  1. Mascot Requirements
  • Relevance: The mascot SHOULD relate thematically to the network upgrade’s headliner(s).
  • Representation: The mascot MUST be expressible using one or more standard Unicode emojis (e.g., :panda: for the Merge).
  • Form: The mascot SHOULD depict an animal (real, mythical, or stylized, but always animal-adjacent).
  • Tone: The mascot MUST NOT be offensive (no depictions of violence, discrimination, or controversy) and SHOULD be inherently cute (e.g., avoiding aggressive or fearsome traits unless softened for adorability).
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I’ve added Cat to the suggestions. How is it related thematically to the headliner(s)?

Please note, a mascot candidate suggestion for the purposes of memecoin promotion is likely to be vetoed.

  • Veto Powers:
  • The Mascot Wrestler MAY veto any candidate mascot not meeting the mascot requirements above.
  • A rough consensus of client teams MAY veto the selected mascot, triggering fallback to the next-highest-ranked candidate mascot.
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Gio feels like a surprisingly fitting choice, she’s not a new character created for this, she’s already been quietly part of Ethereum’s visual culture for years.

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The goat feels like the strongest choice to me. It connects naturally with the Hegotá name, is instantly recognisable as an emoji, and gives the upgrade a memorable identity without needing much explanation. :goat:

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The mascot SHOULD relate thematically to the network upgrade’s headliner(s).

How does Goat relate to the headliner(s)?

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I’ve updated the suggestions to only include mascots that relate thematically to the headliners, layer names or interop.

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@barnabe suggested:

:honeybee:, to represent the swarm of includers coming online in FOCIL, as well as the honeysweet delightfulness of frames UX

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The bee works well for me. It ties to both headliners (the swarm of includers in FOCIL and the sweeter experience frame transactions aim for), and :honeybee: is an emoji everyone recognises. Happy to set my goat suggestion aside in its favour.

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