BlockCypher is a blockchain API and infrastructure platform co-founded by Catheryne Nicholson and Matthieu Riou to let developers build blockchain-powered applications without managing their own node infrastructure. BlockCypher's Twitter Score is 41 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #22,911 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
BlockCypher was co-founded in 2014 and has since provided API access to multiple public blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, and Dogecoin, as well as Bitcoin Testnet3 and its own test chain. The platform positions itself as Blockchain Web Services, an infrastructure layer that thousands of businesses rely on to integrate blockchain functionality into their products without the overhead of running dedicated nodes. BlockCypher also maintains public SDKs and developer repositories on GitHub to support its developer community.
BlockCypher is affiliated with Grinmint, a Grin mining pool. The company has attracted backing from a broad group of investors, including Tim Draper, New Enterprise Associates, Foundation Capital, Boost VC, Upside Partnership, and 500 Global, alongside Nasir Jones, Ken Goldman, Jerry Yang, Jesse Draper, Shawn Byers, and Streamlined Ventures. BlockCypher has also publicly warned that its name is being used by scammers on Telegram. BlockCypher has been mentioned by 143 accounts a total of 418 times. BlockCypher has published 1,109 posts since joining the platform.
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The accounts that follow BlockCypher include 177 founders, 34 angel investors, 39 influencers and 16 VCs, among them Erik Voorhees, Kyle Samani, Fred Ehrsam, Joseph Lubin, Udi Wertheimer and Jesse Powell.