Richard Scotford is a Bitcoin circular-economy advocate who co-founded Bitcoin Jungle, a grassroots initiative to make bitcoin spendable in everyday life in Costa Rica. Rich Scotford's Twitter Score is 8.6 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #106,858 among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Rich Scotford co-founded Bitcoin Jungle, launching it in late 2021 as a fee-free, open-source community project built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network using Galoy's infrastructure. The project is not a profit-seeking company and is funded entirely by Bitcoin enthusiasts. Rich Scotford also founded Jungle Academy, a school operating on a Bitcoin standard that served as the original catalyst for the Bitcoin Jungle project. Rich Scotford first entered the cryptocurrency space in 2017.
Rich Scotford has helped expand Bitcoin adoption in Costa Rica through ATM deployments, point-of-sale integrations, and merchant payment partnerships under the Bitcoin Jungle umbrella. Bitcoin Jungle is a member of the Bitcoin Association of Costa Rica. Beyond the circular-economy work, Rich Scotford organizes and creates the Bitcoin Freedom Festival. Rich Scotford's account has published 28,268 posts and has 27,239 followers as of October 2026. Rich Scotford has been mentioned by 10 accounts, with 27 total mentions.
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