Syscoin is a Bitcoin-merge-mined modular Layer 1 protocol that combines a Bitcoin-based UTXO chain with an EVM-compatible smart contract layer for Web3 settlement and data availability. Syscoin's Twitter Score is 65 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of September 2026, ranking #12,979 (top 5%) among 486,621 tracked accounts.
Syscoin was co-founded by Sebastian Schepis and Jagdeep Sidhu, with the project announced in April 2014 and its mainnet going live in August 2014. The protocol uses Auxiliary Proof-of-Work to merge-mine alongside Bitcoin, inheriting a layer of Bitcoin's security without requiring dedicated mining infrastructure. Its dual-chain architecture pairs a UTXO chain with NEVM, an EVM and ERC-compatible execution environment, and supports two native tokens: SYS on the UTXO side and SYSX in ERC format on NEVM.
Syscoin is affiliated with the Syscoin Foundation, established in December 2018 as the protocol's governing body, as well as with SYS Labs and Rollux, an associated Layer 2 network. The project has been historically bootstrapped without venture capital backing. The zkSYS Genesis public testnet launched in March 2026, marking a step toward zero-knowledge-based capabilities within the ecosystem. Syscoin's account has published 10,746 posts and has 218,225 followers as of September 2026. The account has been mentioned by 373 accounts, with 4,065 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Syscoin include 202 founders, 43 angel investors, 235 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Joseph Lubin, Eric Wall, Mario Nawfal, CoinMarketCap and Matthew Graham.