The Levchin Award recipients are determined by the RWC Steering Committee, which this year was Dan Boneh, Aggelos Kiayias, Brian LaMacchia, Kenny Paterson, Tom Ristenpart, Tom Shrimpton, and Nigel Smart.
I think we can safely assume Moxie's popularity on HN had very little to do with persuading these people.
I think we can safely assume Moxie's popularity on HN had very little to do with persuading these people.