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 199 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #2,376 (top 0.5%) among 498,348 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 9,381 followers as of October 2026 and published 956 posts on the platform.
Ben Jones's portfolio includes Altitude.
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The accounts that follow Ben Jones include 627 founders, 207 angel investors, 140 influencers and 8 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, vitalik.eth, jesse.base.eth, Laura Shin, Stani and Hayden Adams. Ben Jones has been mentioned by 128 accounts, with 231 total mentions.