Ancient8 is a gaming-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain that evolved from a gaming guild into a dedicated infrastructure chain for Web3 gaming and consumer decentralized applications. Ancient8's Twitter Score is 78 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #10,165 (top 5%) among 482,450 tracked accounts.
Ancient8 was founded by Howard Xu, Nathan L, Thuat Nguyen, Jenny Nguyen, and William Phan. Built on the OP Stack and Celestia, it operates as part of the Optimism Superchain, positioning itself as community-driven infrastructure for gaming and consumer dApps. The project raised $10M in total across seed and private rounds in 2022. Ancient8 is affiliated with the Ancient8 Foundation and the Ancient8 Collective, with governance conducted through token-based voting that requires holding or staking $A8 tokens, which have a total supply of 1,000,000,000.
Ancient8 has been active on Twitter since 2021, accumulating 191,189 followers as of August 2026 across 3,786 posts. The account has been mentioned by 332 accounts, with 969 total mentions.
Ancient8's portfolio includes Alliance Games, Angelic Dark Symphony, Delysium - AGI, WallStreetAlpha, MetaLend, Legends Of Elumia, Nyan Heroes and Mighty Action Heroes.
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The accounts that follow Ancient8 include 275 founders, 67 angel investors, 211 influencers and 25 VCs. Among them are Andrew Kang, Loomdart, Santiago R Santos, Mario Nawfal, Darren Lau and Optimism.