[OnWriting]

Anyone care to guess as to why? At face value it seems like a very odd word to censor, I have absolutely no clue what the motivation might be.

[_-___________-_]

There is a blockchain-related project called tardigrade. I guess they just have a big list of crypto-related terms.

Edited to add: or the arms dealer. Either seem likely.

[feu]

"The sanctions also include two Cyprus-based companies and one Hong Kong-based company – Moonstorm Enterprises LTD, Tardigrade Limited, and Business Diversity Limited.The Department of the Treasury claimed that the companies are “owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Tesic”." - https://balkaninsight.com/2019/12/10/us-expands-sanctions-ag...

[Lagogarda]

cause it contains (starts with) "tard"

[eru]

What would be wrong with 'tard'?

[matthewheath]

It's a shortened version of the slur "retard".