Nico (@nico_mnbl) — Twitter Score 56 out of 1000

Nico is a cryptography researcher and auditor who specializes in zero-knowledge proof systems and privacy-enhancing technologies. Nico's Twitter Score is 56 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #15,606 (top 5%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.

Nico, whose full name is Nicolas Mohnblatt, works at zkSecurity as a researcher and auditor, and serves as a recurring co-host on the Zero Knowledge Podcast. He also contributes as a core member of ZK Hack and collaborates with Bain Capital Crypto on research. He previously worked at Geometry as a researcher and first hire, and was formerly a founding member of Geometry Research. He also serves as an advisor to Provably.

Nico's research spans proof systems and their security, threshold cryptography, multiparty computation, folding schemes, data-availability sampling, and privacy-preserving contact discovery. He identifies himself as the creator and maintainer of the ZK Jargon Decoder, a reference resource for zero-knowledge terminology. He co-authored Arke, a privacy-preserving contact-discovery system designed to operate without a single point of failure or trust, and developed Sangria, described by Bain Capital Crypto as the first folding scheme for arithmetizations beyond R1CS. His ZODA research on zero-overhead data availability is described on his research page as deployed as part of Celestia's Fibre upgrade.

Nico has also contributed security analysis of Risc Zero's proof system in collaboration with Bain Capital Crypto, and participated in an early circuit audit of Aptos Keyless. Beyond research, he has hosted and curated modules for the ZK Whiteboard Sessions. Nico's account has 2,494 followers as of August 2026 and 1,217 posts. He has been mentioned by 32 accounts, with 81 total mentions.

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