0xMaki is a pseudonymous developer who co-founded SushiSwap, one of the largest decentralized exchanges in DeFi, and co-founded Heroglyphs, a protocol designed to reward Ethereum solo stakers through block graffiti mining. Their Twitter Score is 596 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking them #199 out of 389,201 accounts tracked on the platform. 0xMaki ranks #199 (top 0.1%) out of 389,000+ tracked accounts on TwitterScore.
0xMaki co-founded SushiSwap in 2020 alongside anonymous founder Chef Nomi, and stepped in to stabilize the protocol after Chef Nomi withdrew approximately $14 million from the treasury, funds that Nomi subsequently returned. Under their leadership, SushiSwap grew to approximately $4.49 billion in total value locked by 2021, making it one of the largest DEXes in DeFi. They stepped down as project lead at SushiSwap on September 18, 2021, citing personal health and wellbeing, and publicly stated in late 2021 that they would not be returning amid a leadership crisis at the protocol.
0xMaki previously worked at LayerZero, joining in March 2022 to work on business development for the Stargate cross-chain bridge protocol. They co-authored the Heroglyphs protocol whitepaper alongside pseudonymous collaborator Manny, with version 0 released on April 17, 2024. The protocol takes inspiration from Bitcoin Ordinals and grants Ethereum solo stakers the exclusive ability to mine new tokens through block graffiti data, with nearly 20,000 unique wallets holding Heroglyphs tokens shortly after launch, a reception that led Mechanism Capital co-founder Andrew Kang to describe it as potentially "Ethereum's Ordinals moment." They also serve as a multisig signer in a 4-of-7 quorum on Aura Finance's treasury and protocol multisigs, and were previously an advisor to Tokemak.
0xMaki has accumulated 77,839 followers as of July 2026 and has published 2,313 posts, and has been mentioned by 446 accounts a total of 768 times. Their tracked portfolio includes Manta Network, Lido, Float Protocol, TESSERA, Mycelium, Save Formerly Solend, Fancy Birds Official and Axelar Network.
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0xMaki draws a following from across the DeFi and broader crypto builder community. The accounts that follow 0xMaki include 1,916 founders, 576 angel investors, 1,126 influencers and 66 VCs, among them Laura Shin, Chris Dixon, Toly, ZachXBT, Cobie and jesse.base.eth.