Eli Ben-Sasson | Starknet.io (@EliBenSasson) — Twitter Score 428 out of 1000

Eli Ben-Sasson is a cryptographer and entrepreneur who co-founded StarkWare Industries and Zcash and is a co-inventor of ZK-STARKs. Eli Ben-Sasson's Twitter Score is 428 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #489 (top 0.5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Eli Ben-Sasson co-founded StarkWare Industries, where he serves as CEO, and co-founded Zcash, contributing as a founding scientist. He previously worked at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology as a Professor of Computer Science. Eli Ben-Sasson is also a co-author of the Zerocash paper, which received the 2024 IEEE Test of Time Award.

Eli Ben-Sasson has been central to the development of zero-knowledge proof technology. StarkWare Industries raised $163 million across multiple funding rounds, reaching an $8 billion valuation in 2022, per public reporting. In 2019, the Technion sued Ben-Sasson alleging that StarkWare had used university intellectual property; the matter was settled in 2020. Eli Ben-Sasson has 54,063 followers as of August 2026 and has published 19,597 posts, and has been mentioned by 403 accounts a total of 862 times.

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