a Samourai wallet, a famous privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet, claims that the Ocean pool censors CoinJoin transactions. In addition to Jack Dorseyfounder of Twitter, was another name mentioned in the conversation Luke DashjrBitcoin developer.
Just last week, Ocean received an investment of R$30 million in a round led by Jack Dorsey. In the announcement, they stated that “Bitcoin’s security model is at significant risk” and promised to fix this issue.
Small, Ocean has only mined two blocks since launch, but is already receiving a lot of criticism precisely because of the censorship applied to the blocks. The first to complain were users of NFTs on the Bitcoin network, who eventually received the following response from one of those involved in the project.
“Some ‘signup spam’ is done this way, so it is filtered out of Knots, which Ocean currently uses for centralized template creation. Therefore, shitcoin spammers will have to wait for Ocean phase 2 (the real deal) before they can create their own shit-filled models. I think they are impatient.”
Some “inscription” spam is done this way, so it’s filtered out of Knots, which Ocean now uses for centralized template creation. So shitcoin spammers will have to wait for phase 2 of Ocean (the real deal) before they can create their own templates full of nonsense. I think they’re impatient.
— Giacomo 80 IQ HODL Zucco⚡️🌋🧀💀 (@giacomozucco) November 30, 2023
Shortly after this initial discussion, Luke Dashjr stated that these NFTs were exploiting a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core, noting that this should be fixed by 2024.
The developer was met with several opinions that contradicted his own, causing unrest on social media.
Samourai Wallet says Ocean also censors CoinJoin transactions
In short, the CoinJoin It is a practice used to merge several transactions into one transaction, thus mixing the output and increasing user privacy. Samourai Wallet is one of the wallets that offers this feature to its users.
To score Jack Dorseyfounder of Twitter, and Luke DashjrBitcoin developer Samourai stated that in addition to NFTs, the Ocean also censors these CoinJoin transactions.
“We can confirm that Ocean has implemented a policy to censor CoinJoin Whirlpool transactions and BIP47 notification transactions effective December 6, 2023.”He wrote. “This is a disgraceful action by operators Jack Dorsey and Luke Dashjr and far surpasses any hostile action we have seen before.”
The wallet then posts a screenshot in which Dashjr indicates this “This is a bug in whirlpool”. In response, Samourai calls the developer a liar.
“Luke claims that Whirlpool transactions are “buggy” and create non-standard transactions due to a 46 byte OP_RETURN present in Whirlpool Tx0 transactions. This is a lie. He knows it’s a lie. The OP_RETURN limit has been 80 bytes since Bitcoin Core version 0.12.”wrote to Samourai.
Luke claims that Whirlpool transactions are “bugged” and create non-standard transactions due to a 46 byte OP_RETURN present in Whirlpool Tx0 transactions.
This is a lie. He knows it’s a lie. The OP_RETURN limit has been 80 bytes since Bitcoin Core version 0.12 pic.twitter.com/Gp6um7ur7U
— Samourai Wallet (@SamouraiWallet) December 7, 2023
In a series of follow-up tweets, the wallet explains that Ocean does not use Bitcoin Core and that it is limited OP_RETURN to just 40 bytes. While Ocean has little relevance on the network, Samourai ends by saying it’s better to buy this fight while they’re still small.
“We have other self-defense weapons available that could be used if Ocean obtains significant hashish power. We humbly request that miners send their hashing power to another pool to send a strong market signal to potential censors. Don’t let them get away with it.”
In the comments, some joked about the situation. “Looks like Jack Dorsey has gone from Twitter censorship to Bitcoin censorship”, one follower wrote. Dorsey left leadership of Twitter at the end of 2021 and devoted himself to initiatives focused on Bitcoin. Later, Elon Musk bought his social network.
Finally, Satoshi Nakamoto’s forum recently banned Bitcoin mixers, another privacy-focused tool. In the comments of the announcement, some users were unhappy with the position of the Bitcointalk administration.
Source: Live Coins
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