CEO of Ocean Mining Pool, Luke Dashjr refuses to take the blame for accusations by Samourai Wallet, saying it censored Whirlpool CoinJoin and BIP47 notification transactions beginning on December 6.
Nevertheless, Ocean’s chief executive officer has refuted the allegations while requesting that the Bitcoin wallet provider address a software flaw.
On December 7, Samourai Wallet raised concerns regarding the censorship of specific Bitcoin transactions, citing a newly implemented policy by the Ocean mining pool.
Furthermore, the wallet provider levied allegations against Jack Dorsey, co-founder of X (formerly Twitter) and Block and an investor at Ocean, alleging a “hostile action.”
Additionally, Samourai Wallet levied allegations against Luke Dashjr, the founder of Ocean and a developer of Bitcoin Core, alleging that he had previously censored transactions and implemented blacklists for them and implied that this had been his intention for some time.
According to the most recent allegation from Samourai Wallet, Dashjr restricted the OP_RETURN function to 46 bytes instead of the 80 bytes standard in Bitcoin Core version 0.12.
Consequently, Samourai Wallet asserts that Ocean purportedly disqualifies transactions that enhance privacy and advises miners to “reassess and redirect their hash power towards an alternative pool.”
In opposition to Samourai Wallet’s allegations against Ocean, Dashjr asserted:
“This is a bug in your software, not an intentional policy on our end.”
Furthermore, his questioning of the purpose of this data suggested by the wallet provider indicated that he was still determining the concerns raised. I have considered exploring potential workarounds; however, I cannot locate any pertinent technical information.”
Avoiding responsibility, Dashjr requested that Samourai Wallet “fix it on your end.” The discourse polarized the cryptocurrency community in favor of opposing schools of thought.
While some individuals offered the wallet provider support by stating, “Even 80 Bytes is 80 Bytes,” others recommended that they rectify the error. According to one former ASIC and iOS developer from the community, implementing the new censorship policy was “inadvertent.”
Furthermore, Nostr Wallet’s Brad Mills stated, “There is no policy in place that would censor Whirlpool or transactions that protect privacy.”
While shifting the responsibility from itself, Samourai Wallet accuses Dashjr of deceiving and lying to community members by urging the group, “Don’t let them get away with this.”
