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Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) (@ilblackdragon) — Twitter Score 477 out of 1000
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477Ranked #375 of 493,952 crypto accounts tracked by TwitterScore.io
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About Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈)'s Twitter Score
Illia root.near is a computer scientist and blockchain entrepreneur who co-founded NEAR Protocol and is a co-author of the landmark 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," which introduced the Transformer architecture. Illia root.near's Twitter Score is 477 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #375 (top 0.1%) among 493,952 tracked accounts.
Illia root.near co-founded NEAR Protocol alongside Alexander Skidanov, with the project launching in 2018. Illia root.near also founded NEAR AI and works at NEAR Foundation. Previously, Illia root.near worked at Google before turning to blockchain and AI research full time.
Illia root.near has been central to several significant funding milestones for NEAR Protocol. The project raised $21.6M in May 2020 in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, followed by a $150M private token sale announced in January 2022 led by Three Arrows Capital, and a $350M investment in April 2022 led by Tiger Global. NEAR Protocol has also maintained 100% uptime on mainnet for over five years. Illia root.near has 119,370 followers as of October 2026 and has published 9,451 posts on the platform. Illia root.near has been mentioned by 707 accounts, with 2,323 total mentions.
Illia root.near has backed 1inch, Recall, Syndicate, SEDA, Puma AI, Solace, KYVE and ClayStack.
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The accounts that follow Illia root.near include 1,959 founders, 549 angel investors, 645 influencers and 53 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Solana, Toly, Marc Andreessen, Ansem and Erik Voorhees.
