Bitcoin (@Bitcoin) — Twitter Score 542 out of 1000

Bitcoin is the X account associated with Bitcoin, the world's first decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and protocol. The network was founded by Satoshi Nakamoto, who published the whitepaper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System on October 31, 2008, and mined the genesis block on January 3, 2009, embedding the message "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks." No single entity owns or controls the network; it operates through decentralized consensus among miners, nodes, developers, and users worldwide. Bitcoin's Twitter Score is 542 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #261 (top 0.1%) out of 493,668 accounts tracked.

Bitcoin has a fixed maximum supply of 21,000,000 BTC and ranks first by market capitalization among all cryptocurrencies. As of mid-2026, circulating supply stood at approximately 20,049,550 BTC. The reference open-source implementation of the protocol is Bitcoin Core, released under the MIT license and maintained by a decentralized global group of contributors.

Bitcoin's X account has been active since 2011 and is owned anonymously, with its identity never publicly confirmed. The account previously promoted Bitcoin Cash before reverting to a Bitcoin focus around August 2019. It has amassed 8,923,897 followers as of October 2026 and published 30,167 posts.

Bitcoin has been mentioned by 2,636 accounts, with 10,323 total mentions tracked.

Who follows Bitcoin on X?

Bitcoin draws a broad range of crypto participants as followers. The accounts that follow Bitcoin include 2,533 founders, 473 angel investors, 1,483 influencers and 148 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Ansem, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin and Matt Huang.