Iron Fish is a Layer-1 proof-of-work privacy blockchain that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions and bridged asset transfers, founded by Elena Nadolinski. Iron Fish's Twitter Score is 86 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #8,899 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Iron Fish was founded by Elena Nadolinski and secured $28 million in a funding round in 2021 led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional backing from Sequoia, Electric Capital, Elad Gil, Balaji, and a16z crypto. Its mainnet launched on April 20, 2023, positioning it as a universal privacy layer for crypto assets including bridged tokens from other chains.
Iron Fish entered a significant transition in April 2026, when the Iron Fish Foundation announced it was moving to maintenance mode and ceasing future grants. Around the same time, the Iron Fish Devco was acquired by Coinbase. The project also maintains affiliations with IF Labs and ChainPort. Iron Fish has published 2,286 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 93 accounts, totaling 186 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Iron Fish include 314 founders, 125 angel investors, 140 influencers and 10 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Laura Shin, Base, Linda Xie, Gary Vaynerchuk and John Wang.