Alex Pruden is a co-founder and CEO of Project Eleven, a post-quantum cryptography firm focused on securing digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Ledger. Alex Pruden's Twitter Score is 183 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #2,696 (top 1%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Alex Pruden co-founded Project Eleven, which operates the Bitcoin Risq List and Quantum Vault as tools for post-quantum security assessment. The firm closed a $20 million fundraise in January 2026 led by Castle Island Ventures, and announced a collaboration with Ripple to advance post-quantum readiness on the XRP Ledger. Alex Pruden also serves as Chairman of Aleo, a blockchain enabling private payments secured by zero-knowledge proofs.
Alex Pruden founded ZPrize, an annual competition promoting zero-knowledge cryptography development, and contributes to the Zero Knowledge Podcast. Previously, Alex Pruden worked at a16z crypto and at Coinbase. Alex Pruden's account has published 5,240 posts and has been mentioned by 133 accounts a total of 224 times.
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