Robert Mao is a blockchain and decentralized identity builder who founded ArcBlock, a platform spanning blockchain infrastructure, decentralized identity, and AI tooling. Robert Mao's Twitter Score is 14 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #75,506 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Robert Mao previously worked at Microsoft Research before turning his focus to building ArcBlock. He authored the project's technical white paper as its Chief Architect, laying out the architecture for a system whose native token, ABT, is used to pay for platform services and can be staked by developers. ArcBlock's product scope has grown to include Blocklets, decentralized identity tooling, and AI products such as AIGNE and ArcSphere, with AI embedded across the platform to assist with blockchain transactions and application development.
Robert Mao has posted 18,187 times on the platform and has 14,196 followers as of July 2026. He has been mentioned by 18 accounts, with 153 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Robert Mao include 81 founders, 16 angel investors, 42 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Chris Dixon, Sandeep, Seraphim, Robert Scoble, Dan Smith and Justin Wu.