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 360 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #723 (top 0.5%) among 484,207 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 218,155 followers as of August 2026 and has published 21,670 posts. The Bitcoin Historian has been mentioned by 539 accounts a total of 1,690 times.
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The accounts that follow The Bitcoin Historian include 1,280 founders, 254 angel investors, 681 influencers and 32 VCs, among them CZ BNB, Laura Shin, Stani, Michael Saylor, Chris Burniske and CoinDesk.