br1an (@brianchoffman) — Twitter Score 161 out of 1000

Br1an is a Bitcoin infrastructure engineer who works at Arch Network as VP of Engineering and founded OpenBazaar, the decentralized peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace. Br1an's Twitter Score is 161 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #3,342 (top 1%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Br1an founded OpenBazaar, which Wired identified him as the founder of in 2014. OpenBazaar operated as a decentralized, peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace before its servers were shut down on January 15, 2021. Br1an previously served as CEO of OB1, the company behind OpenBazaar, and was formerly at Kraken. He also serves as a strategic marketing advisor at Chainsaw.

Br1an currently works at Arch Network, a Bitcoin capital markets infrastructure platform that enables borrowing, earning, swapping, and financial applications while keeping settlement local to Bitcoin. Arch closed a $13 million Series A funding round led by Pantera Capital, announced on April 22, 2025, bringing total funding to $20 million. As of April 22, 2025, Arch's testnet had settled more than 50 million transactions, with mainnet on track for summer. Br1an has 23,691 followers as of October 2026 and has published 41,564 posts, and has been mentioned by 235 accounts a total of 739 times.

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