Ben ⏳💧∿ (@HypoNyms) — Twitter Score 104 out of 1000

Ben is a Solana infrastructure founder and MEV researcher who founded Temporal, a crypto-native research and development firm built on Solana. Ben's Twitter Score is 104 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #6,870 (top 5%) among 497,973 tracked accounts.

Ben announced Temporal in August 2024, and the firm has since been working with the Solana Foundation to design a new quality-of-service algorithm for Solana and finalize the STL protocol. In November 2025, Ben announced Harmonic, an open Solana block-building system backed by Paradigm. Previously, Ben worked at Citadel Securities.

Ben has published widely cited MEV research on the arsc sandwich bot, arguing it poses a threat to Solana's decentralization. Ben also operates the Nyms Validator, which runs at zero commission and zero Jito MEV commission. In June 2026, Ben joined more than sixty crypto founders and CEOs in urging the Senate to pass the Clarity Act. Ben's account has 5,478 followers as of October 2026 and 2,567 posts.

Ben's portfolio includes FastLane Labs.

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The accounts that follow Ben include 314 founders, 104 angel investors, 102 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are Toly, Solana, Ansem, Laura Shin, Matt Huang and Mert. Ben has been mentioned by 31 accounts, with 46 total mentions.