Rutger van Zuidam (@rutgervz) — Twitter Score 19 out of 1000

Rutger Van Zuidam is a blockchain entrepreneur who founded DutchChain, later rebranded as Odyssey, and has been active in the Web3 and open-source metaverse space. Rutger Van Zuidam's Twitter Score is 19 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #57,084 among 531,432 tracked accounts.

Rutger Van Zuidam founded IntoBlockchain.com after beginning to examine Bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2010. He organized the Dutch National Bitcoin Conference in 2014 and 2015, and the Dutch Blockchain Conference in 2016, establishing an early presence in the European blockchain community. In April 2016, he authored the DutchChain white paper proposing a "Government as a Service" model, outlining a vision for blockchain-based public infrastructure.

Rutger Van Zuidam founded Odyssey, the successor to DutchChain, which raised a €4 million seed investment in 2021 to build an open-source Web3 metaverse stack. Odyssey delivered Kusamaverse and received approval for Milestone 2 from the Kusama treasury. Rutger Van Zuidam is also affiliated with Indigo Ventures, an impact-investor initiative.

Rutger Van Zuidam has a following of 6,805 on Twitter and has published 29,920 posts. He has been mentioned by 40 accounts, with 158 total mentions.

Who follows Rutger Van Zuidam on X?

The accounts that follow Rutger Van Zuidam include 106 founders, 17 angel investors, 38 influencers and 5 VCs. Among his notable followers are Emin Gn Sirer, NFT.NYC, Drew Austin, JB, Maria Paula and Kim Dotcom.