Rusty is a pseudonymous NFT project founder and crypto educator who founded Moonlings NFT, a collection of 10,000 ERC-721 tokens on Ethereum. Rusty's Twitter Score is 99 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #8,291 (top 5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Rusty operates under the handle Rusty Sailor with no verified legal name in public sources. The Moonlings NFT project, per OpenSea, originated from the Pixel Vault Founder's DAO, with artwork by JuicyJama, and has accumulated nearly 10,000 minted items across thousands of owners. Rusty is also affiliated with Bored Ape Yacht Club and Otherside, and discussed BAYC investment strategy and the distinction between NFT collecting and investing on the It's Probably Something podcast.
Rusty has contributed to NFT and DeFi education, including a published tutorial on the Uniswap DEX using MetaHero Universe $POW as an example token. Rusty's account, active since 2014, has amassed 6,762 followers as of July 2026 across 25,062 tweets, and carries a bio disclaimer explicitly advising against using the account's content as financial advice. Rusty has been mentioned by 22 accounts, with 39 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Rusty include 188 founders, 25 angel investors, 431 influencers and 1 VCs. Among them are Threadguy, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mario Nawfal, Bored Ape Yacht Club, BORED and wale.moca.