Shielded Labs (@ShieldedLabs) — Twitter Score 29 out of 1000

Shielded Labs is an independent Zcash research and engineering organization founded by Jason McGee Stramaglia and registered as a Swiss association. Shielded Labs's Twitter Score is 29 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #33,149 (top 10%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Shielded Labs is notable as the first organization in the Zcash ecosystem to operate without funding from the Zcash Development Fund or block rewards, relying entirely on donations. Its backers include Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, Vitalik Buterin, and the Anoma Foundation. Shielded Labs has 4,498 followers as of August 2026 and has published 407 posts on the platform.

Shielded Labs runs several active protocol development efforts, including Network Sustainability Mechanism, Crosslink (a proof-of-work and proof-of-stake hybrid), Dynamic Fees, and Ironwood, an Orchard replacement developed following a critical vulnerability fix. The organization's team includes Zooko Wilcox as Chief Product Officer, alongside engineers and a board comprising Jason McGee Stramaglia, Zooko Wilcox, Awa Sun Yin, and Chris Berg. Shielded Labs also operates a quarterly Coinholder-Directed Retroactive Grants Program, through which ZEC holders vote to allocate grants for already-completed contributions to the ecosystem.

Shielded Labs has been mentioned by 36 accounts, with 61 total mentions across the platform.

Who follows Shielded Labs on X?

The accounts that follow Shielded Labs include 95 founders, 36 angel investors, 53 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, gabrielShapir0, Zooko, Ali Yahya and Adam Cochran adamscochran.eth.