Pete Rizzo is a Bitcoin historian and journalist who hosts The Bitcoin Historian podcast, a weekly show covering Bitcoin's most significant moments. The Bitcoin Historian's Twitter Score is 356 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #736 (top 0.5%) among 497,670 tracked accounts.
The Bitcoin Historian works at Bitcoin Treasuries, a data provider focused on Bitcoin capital markets adoption and corporate Bitcoin tracking, where he joined as CEO and partner to lead product expansion. His journalism career included serving as editor-in-chief at CoinDesk, a role he held until September 2019 having joined in 2013, and previously working as managing editor at Bitcoin Magazine. He is also affiliated with Rage Media.
The Bitcoin Historian conducts archival research on Bitcoin's history, focusing on the people and events that shaped its development. He has 221,786 followers as of October 2026 and has published 22,740 posts. The Bitcoin Historian has been mentioned by 553 accounts a total of 1,730 times.
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The accounts that follow The Bitcoin Historian include 1,304 founders, 256 angel investors, 685 influencers and 32 VCs, among them CZ BNB, Laura Shin, Stani, Michael Saylor, Chris Burniske and CoinDesk.