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 581 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #224 (top 0.1%) out of 389,201 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 8,723,222 followers as of July 2026 and published 30,094 posts.
Bitcoin has been mentioned by 2,482 accounts, with 9,684 total mentions tracked.
Who follows Bitcoin on X?
Bitcoin draws a broad range of crypto participants as followers. The accounts that follow Bitcoin include 2,171 founders, 335 angel investors, 1,637 influencers and 257 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Michael Saylor and CoinDesk.