tycho.btc is a Bitcoin DeFi builder who founded Zest Protocol, a lending protocol on Stacks that lets users borrow against Bitcoin and earn BTC yield. tycho.btc's Twitter Score is 57 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #15,414 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
tycho.btc also works at Treasury as Head of Bitcoin Strategy. As founder of Zest Protocol, he led the project through a $3.5M seed round announced in May 2024, with Draper Associates leading and Binance Labs and Flow Traders participating. The protocol's lending infrastructure went live on Stacks mainnet alongside Stacks Market around the same time.
tycho.btc was previously affiliated with Trust Machines, where Zest Protocol was among the first projects incubated, and the team contributed to the development of the Stacks Nakamoto upgrade and sBTC. He was also formerly involved with StackingDAO. tycho.btc has 17,922 followers as of October 2026 and has published 7,394 posts. He has been mentioned by 78 accounts, totaling 325 mentions.
tycho.btc has backed Hermetica, Hermetica and ODX.
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The accounts that follow tycho.btc include 265 founders, 57 angel investors, 101 influencers and 6 VCs. Among his notable followers are Michael Saylor, Chris Burniske, Udi Wertheimer, Andre Cronje, Arthur and Tyler Winklevoss.