Number Zero is an open-source peer-to-peer networking research and development organization that builds distributed networking software at the intersection of the decentralized web and cloud computing. Number Zero's Twitter Score is 8.9 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #104,063 among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Number Zero is the operating identity of n0, Inc., a for-profit company co-founded by Brendan O'Brien and Friedel Ziegelmayer, whose paths crossed while working in and around IPFS. The two started n0 with the specific goal of producing a systems-language peer-to-peer networking library, and that work became Iroh, an open-source Rust library that brings QUIC and NAT traversal to applications and allows peers to address devices by cryptographic keys rather than IP addresses.
Number Zero reached a significant milestone when Iroh 1.0, the project's first stable release, was announced on June 15, 2026, at which point public relays had recorded more than 200 million endpoints created in the preceding 30 days. Beyond the open-source library, Number Zero provides networking services to individuals, nonprofits, and commercial clients. The organization has received backing from BlueYard Capital, ex/ante, Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, and Protocol VC.
Number Zero has published 144 posts and has been mentioned by 10 accounts a total of 12 times, reflecting steady engagement within the peer-to-peer and decentralized infrastructure space.
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The accounts that follow Number Zero include 52 founders, 8 angel investors, 11 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Zooko, mikedemarais.eth, Zmanian, c-node, Alex and patrickogrady.xyz.