Patrick McCorry 🐋 (@stonecoldpat0) — Twitter Score 313 out of 1000

Patrick McCorry is a blockchain researcher who has contributed foundational academic work on Ethereum, Layer 2 scaling, and state channels. Patrick McCorry's Twitter Score is 313 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #987 (top 0.5%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.

Patrick McCorry is affiliated with Arbitrum and Lemniscap, focusing on Ethereum and Layer 2 research. His academic output spans consensus protocols, payment channels, and blockchain finality. He co-authored the Sprites and State Channels paper in 2017, which proposed a payment-channel design and formalized state channels, and separately co-authored Consensus in the Age of Blockchains, a systematic study of blockchain consensus protocols. In 2018 he co-authored Betting on Blockchain Consensus with Fantomette, presenting a proof-of-stake protocol design, and in 2021 contributed a formal security analysis of Bitcoin's Payment Protocol. His 2022 paper Shades of Finality and Layer 2 Scaling examines blockchain finality concepts and Layer 2 scaling approaches.

Patrick McCorry has 24,526 followers as of September 2026 and has published 32,019 posts. He has been mentioned by 127 accounts, with 224 total mentions.

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