OB1 is a company built to advance OpenBazaar, an open-source protocol for a fully decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace that allowed users to buy and sell directly using cryptocurrency without a central authority. OB1's Twitter Score is 32 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #30,243 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
OB1 was announced by Union Square Ventures to support the development of OpenBazaar, which functioned as a bitcoin-based marketplace free from intermediary control. OB1 has also received backing from Andreessen Horowitz. OB1 previously maintained the infrastructure underpinning OpenBazaar, but decommissioned most of that infrastructure on January 15, 2021, effectively winding down its active role with the protocol. OB1 was also formerly affiliated with Haven Privacy, a related privacy-focused project.
OB1 has published 454 posts on the platform and has 3,005 followers as of August 2026. OB1 has been mentioned by 68 accounts, with 172 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow OB1 include 110 founders, 26 angel investors, 31 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Erik Voorhees, Kyle Samani, Fred Ehrsam, Udi Wertheimer and Jesse Powell.