Ben Jones is a blockchain developer who co-founded Optimism, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling project built on optimistic rollup design. Ben Jones's Twitter Score is 190 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #2,733 (top 1%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Ben Jones co-founded Optimism, which raised $150 million in a Series B round at a $1.65 billion valuation, co-led by Paradigm and Andreessen Horowitz. Optimism operates as an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain governed by the Optimism Collective through its OP token. Ben Jones has accumulated 9,426 followers as of July 2026 and published 962 posts on the platform.
Ben Jones's portfolio includes Altitude.
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The accounts that follow Ben Jones include 622 founders, 200 angel investors, 183 influencers and 8 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, vitalik.eth, jesse.base.eth, Laura Shin, Stani and Threadguy. Ben Jones has been mentioned by 127 accounts, with 230 total mentions.