Microsoft is a technology corporation that develops cloud infrastructure, decentralized identity technology, and blockchain-backed data services, and was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft's Twitter Score is 80 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #10,008 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Microsoft built ION, an open, public, permissionless Layer 2 decentralized-identifier network that runs on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, requiring no utility token or privileged validators. Microsoft also offers Azure Confidential Ledger, a managed append-only data store whose integrity is maintained through a consensus-based blockchain running in hardware-backed enclaves. An earlier managed enterprise-blockchain product, Azure Blockchain Service, was retired in September 2021.
Microsoft is affiliated with the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance as a launch partner and is a member of the Decentralized Identity Foundation. Microsoft was formerly a strategic partner of R3 and previously held an official partnership with Truffle. Microsoft's corporate venture capital arm, M12, was renamed from Microsoft Ventures in 2018 and describes itself as financially backed by and strategically aligned with Microsoft.
Microsoft's portfolio includes OpenAI, Consensys.eth, LinkedIn, BANKEX, MetaMask Institutional, ConsenSys Design, Slate and CodeAI. Microsoft has accumulated 13,073,260 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 31,103 posts. Microsoft has been mentioned by 4,161 accounts, totaling 17,606 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Microsoft include 343 founders, 68 angel investors, 157 influencers and 32 VCs. Among them are Polygon, Mario Nawfal, Cameron Winklevoss, Matthew Graham, DEGEN NEWS and Michael Arrington.