A recent dispute has erupted within the Bitcoin community, highlighting the intricacies between various network participants that collaborate to power cryptocurrency functionality. Bitcoin-focused wallet provider Samourai Wallet leveled accusations against Ocean, a prominent mining pool, over perceived censorship of specific Bitcoin transactions.
Keypoints
- Bitcoin wallet provider Samourai Wallet accused mining pool Ocean of censoring certain transactions
- Specifically, Samourai claims Ocean limited the OP_RETURN function to 46 bytes instead of 80, blocking privacy-focused CoinJoin and other transactions
- Ocean founder Luke Dashjr denied an intentional censorship policy, stating it’s a bug in Samourai’s software that they should fix
- The crypto community is divided on the matter – some support Samourai while others say they should address their bug
- Samourai persists in accusing Ocean and Dashjr of deception around…
