Bitcoin Runners is an open-source, not-for-profit global running club founded by Richard Taylor that connects Bitcoin adoption with physical fitness and community. Bitcoin Runners's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #86,905 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Bitcoin Runners was founded in 2019 and organizes free, coach-led 5 km social runs alongside major Bitcoin conferences, including BTC Prague, Adopting Bitcoin, and the Africa Bitcoin Conference. The club also runs Run For Hal fundraisers at Bitcoin events, directing proceeds to the Hal Finney ALS Research Fund. The annual Running Bitcoin Challenge, a Proof-of-Work Partner initiative, has raised over $400,000 USD for that fund.
Bitcoin Runners maintains an active presence on Nostr and promotes RUNSTR, a privacy-oriented fitness platform, as part of its broader commitment to sovereign, open tools. Its Proof-of-Work Partners include Team Satoshi, Bitcoin Hydrox, Bitcoin Lifters, Bitcoin Triathletes, Bitcoin Skiers, Bitcoin Walk, and RUNSTR. Bitcoin Runners has published 2,472 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 21 accounts a total of 42 times.
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The accounts that follow Bitcoin Runners include 53 founders, 3 angel investors and 47 influencers, among them James Seyffart, Samson Mow, Andrew Miller, The Bitcoin Conference, Max Keiser and Girl Gone Crypto.