Michael O'Rourke is a blockchain infrastructure founder who created Pocket Network, a decentralized data platform serving requests across more than 60 blockchains using the POKT token. Michael O'Rourke's Twitter Score is 72 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #11,461 (top 5%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Michael O'Rourke founded Pocket Network, which launched on MainNet and has since surpassed 740 billion requests served, according to the project's own litepaper. The network operates more than 5,000 nodes and positions its gateways as application-facing load balancers for both blockchain and AI services. Per Axios, O'Rourke reduced Pocket's staff by 75% in 2023, after which the project completed its first equity sale, raising $7.35 million. Axios also reported that O'Rourke planned to introduce an AI-integrated upgrade to the protocol in summer 2024.
Michael O'Rourke is also affiliated with Grove, a project operating within the broader POKT ecosystem. His Twitter bio describes his day-to-day work as running neighborhood nodes for both Pocket Network and Grove. Michael O'Rourke's account has published 6,164 posts, and has been mentioned by 77 accounts a total of 251 times.
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The accounts that follow Michael O'Rourke include 275 founders, 84 angel investors, 55 influencers and 15 VCs. Among the more notable followers are Solana, Ansem, Chris Burniske, Kyle Samani, Andrew Kang and Ryan Selkis.