Tess Rinearson (@_tessr) — Twitter Score 256 out of 1000

Tess Rinearson is a crypto product and engineering leader who works on Optimism through roles at 1kx and OP Labs PBC. Tess Rinearson's Twitter Score is 256 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #1,452 (top 0.5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Tess Rinearson previously led Twitter Crypto as project lead, where, per WIRED, the team explored creator monetization, digital identity, digital ownership, crypto community tooling, Bitcoin tipping, and NFT profile-picture experiments. She began working in blockchain as a software engineer at Chain, later serving there as VP of Engineering. She also previously worked at Interchain Foundation as VP of Engineering, at Tendermint Core, at Interstellar as VP of Engineering, and at Medium as a software engineer.

Tess Rinearson serves on the board of Mina Foundation and angel-invests in and advises startups, particularly those working on distributed systems or cryptography. Tess Rinearson's portfolio includes Context. Tess Rinearson has 43,874 followers as of August 2026 and has published 24,817 posts. Tess Rinearson has been mentioned by 158 accounts a total of 253 times.

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The accounts that follow Tess Rinearson include 973 founders, 292 angel investors, 211 influencers and 16 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Nikita Bier, jesse.base.eth, Toly, Cobie and Laura Shin.