And they insulted me about doing a 30 second rough sketch of a logo (just to see how it would appear not because I thought it was a great result):
Saint Patrick's Day

4-leaf clover or a bowtie.
Smooth you are out of your experience zone.
The above is apparently after "many iterations" whereas my ideas below were quick one-offs:

Very roughly (the proportions are not balanced in this rapidly hacked up mockup) what I am thinking about for a Sync logo, if we choose the Sync name for the consensus network.

I am still considering 'ion' as well. Perhaps people can learn to think of it as the "electric charge" (fuel) they need to do actions in virtual reality. The logo would probably be a lighting bolt and/or positively charge ions floating in a cloud

. If 'ion' wins out, I won't be upset. I just want to make sure all perspectives have been weighed by voters.
Here were some refined logos I did: