Riccardo Spagni (@fluffypony) — Twitter Score 325 out of 1000

Riccardo Spagni is a cryptocurrency developer and privacy-coin contributor best known as the former lead maintainer of Monero, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency using ring signatures, stealth addresses, and other cryptographic techniques to obscure transaction data. Riccardo Spagni's Twitter Score is 325 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #913 (top 0.5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.

Riccardo Spagni previously served as lead maintainer of Monero, the open-source project behind XMR, one of the most widely used privacy cryptocurrencies. Monero's protocol incorporates RingCT, Bulletproofs, and Dandelion++ alongside ring signatures and stealth addresses to provide transaction confidentiality. The project has attracted significant regulatory scrutiny: the IRS Criminal Investigation division posted a $625,000 bounty for contractors to develop Monero-tracing tools, a contract ultimately awarded to Chainalysis and Integra FEC. More recently, Binance delisted Monero on February 20, 2024, citing regulatory compliance, and Kraken later ended Monero support for users in the European Economic Area.

Riccardo Spagni currently serves as an advisor to Tari. He has accumulated 115,238 followers as of October 2026 and has published 58,834 posts on the platform since 2011. Riccardo Spagni has been mentioned by 720 accounts, with 2,623 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Riccardo Spagni include 1,278 founders, 303 angel investors, 588 influencers and 38 VCs. Among his notable followers are Brian Armstrong, Toly, ZachXBT, Ansem, Erik Voorhees and Laura Shin.