Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) (@ilblackdragon) — Twitter Score 434 out of 1000

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 434 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #508 (top 0.5%) among 389,587 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 114,025 followers as of July 2026 and has published 9,198 posts on the platform. Illia root.near has been mentioned by 593 accounts, with 2,031 total mentions.

Illia root.near has backed 1inch, Recall, Syndicate, SEDA, Solace, KYVE, ClayStack and Lens.

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