Bitcoin Optech is a nonprofit Bitcoin technical education and research project that publishes open-source materials to help Bitcoin-using businesses adopt scaling technologies and operational best practices. Bitcoin Optech's Twitter Score is 81 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #9,811 (top 5%) among 497,670 tracked accounts.
Bitcoin Optech was founded by John Newbery and Steve Lee and publicly launched on July 20, 2018. The project operates as a nonprofit, with all materials released under the MIT license. It is backed by Wences Casares, John Pfeffer, Alex Morcos, Chaincode Labs, and the Human Rights Foundation.
Bitcoin Optech produces a weekly newsletter covering Bitcoin research and development, alongside workshops, case studies, and technical documentation aimed at engineers and businesses building on Bitcoin. In 2025, the project published 50 weekly newsletters totaling over 80,000 words on Bitcoin R&D, with every issue accompanied by a podcast episode, amounting to more than 60 hours of audio for the year.
Bitcoin Optech has 18,567 followers as of October 2026 on X and has published 2,298 posts. The account has been mentioned by 135 accounts, with 344 total mentions.
Who follows Bitcoin Optech on X?
The accounts that follow Bitcoin Optech include 380 founders, 48 angel investors, 152 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Balaji, Laura Shin, Fred Ehrsam, Nic Carter, Hasu and Udi Wertheimer.