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 202 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #2,286 (top 0.5%) among 486,860 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 9,383 followers as of September 2026 and published 961 posts on the platform.
Ben Jones's portfolio includes Altitude.
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The accounts that follow Ben Jones include 631 founders, 212 angel investors, 142 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.