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 53 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #21,586 (top 5%) among 464,440 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 18,526 followers as of July 2026 and has published 7,113 posts. He has been mentioned by 65 accounts, totaling 281 mentions.
tycho.btc has backed Hermetica and ODX.
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The accounts that follow tycho.btc include 235 founders, 49 angel investors, 105 influencers and 7 VCs. Among his notable followers are Michael Saylor, Chris Burniske, Udi Wertheimer, Andre Cronje, Tyler Winklevoss and Arthur.