Demian Brener is a blockchain security entrepreneur who founded OpenZeppelin, a smart-contract security company whose contracts and audits collectively protect and transfer trillions of dollars in onchain value. Demian Brener's Twitter Score is 90 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #8,441 (top 5%) among 498,348 tracked accounts.
Demian Brener serves as Founder and CEO of OpenZeppelin, which describes itself as a blockchain security company for onchain finance, offering smart-contract libraries, security audits, monitoring, relayers, and related open-source tooling. OpenZeppelin reports more than $33.2 trillion in total value transferred through its Contracts and more than $250 billion in total value locked protected by its security audits. Demian Brener also created Forta Network, an onchain security and compliance network focused on monitoring and threat prevention for teams building onchain, which OpenZeppelin founded and incubated. A 2021 funding round for Forta raised $23 million through the sale of FORT tokens, with 10% of the total FORT supply allocated to OpenZeppelin subject to a four-year linear vesting schedule. Demian Brener is additionally affiliated with the Forta Foundation.
Demian Brener has accumulated 5,676 followers as of October 2026 on the platform and has published 2,667 posts. Demian Brener has been mentioned by 80 accounts, with 144 total mentions.
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