Kristy-Leigh Minehan (@OhGodAGirl) — Twitter Score 120 out of 1000

Kristy-Leigh Minehan is a crypto mining developer and algorithm contributor who co-developed ProgPoW, a proof-of-work algorithm designed to limit the efficiency advantage of specialized ASIC chips over commodity GPU hardware in Ethereum mining. Kristy-Leigh Minehan's Twitter Score is 120 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #5,442 (top 5%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.

Kristy-Leigh Minehan worked on ProgPoW alongside two other developers under the pseudonym IfDefElse, as reported by WIRED. The algorithm was designed to close the efficiency gap available to ASICs by leveraging commodity GPU hardware, and version 0.9.3 received both software and hardware audits, including materials from Least Authority and Bob Rao, per the public ProgPoW GitHub repository. WIRED also reported that Minehan denied allegations that she had been paid to develop ProgPoW or had colluded with GPU manufacturers.

Kristy-Leigh Minehan previously worked at Genesis Mining, Core Scientific, CoreWeave, and Merkle Standard. She currently advises Wave Digital. Kristy-Leigh Minehan's account has published 413 posts and has been mentioned by 138 accounts, with 460 total mentions, and has 10,113 followers as of September 2026.

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The accounts that follow Kristy-Leigh Minehan include 410 founders, 107 angel investors, 128 influencers and 5 VCs, among them Balaji, Toly, Laura Shin, Nic Carter, Hasu and Georgios Konstantopoulos.