Bitcoin Foundation (@BTCFoundation) — Twitter Score 171 out of 1000

Bitcoin Foundation is a Bitcoin advocacy and education organization co-founded to accelerate Bitcoin's global growth through standardization, protection, and promotion of the open-source protocol. Bitcoin Foundation's Twitter Score is 171 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #3,016 (top 1%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.

Bitcoin Foundation was co-founded by Gavin Andresen, Jon Matonis, Mark Karpeles, Charlie Shrem, and Peter Vessenes, launching in September 2012 with a mission to promote Bitcoin adoption worldwide. The organization pursued 501(c)(6) tax-exempt status, which the IRS ultimately revoked on May 15, 2022.

Bitcoin Foundation faced significant turbulence in its early years. In June 2013, California's Department of Financial Institutions sent the foundation a warning letter alleging it was operating as an unlicensed money transmitter, a charge that Jon Matonis denied. In January 2014, vice-chairman Charlie Shrem was arrested, resigned from the foundation, and later pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money-transmitting business. That same month, Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles resigned from the board as Mt. Gox's crisis escalated, with the exchange later filing for bankruptcy. By 2015, board member Olivier Janssens publicly stated the foundation was nearly insolvent, and staff layoffs followed.

Bitcoin Foundation has published 4,787 posts on the platform and has 359,114 followers as of September 2026. The account has been mentioned by 320 accounts, with 1,637 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Bitcoin Foundation include 849 founders, 154 angel investors, 271 influencers and 40 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Toly, Laura Shin, Kyle Samani, Fred Ehrsam and CoinDesk.