Ocean Mining denies censorship allegations amidst Bitcoin transaction controversy
Bitcoin wallet provider Samourai Wallet accuses Ocean mining pool of censoring transactions. Ocen Mining was specifically accused of censoring Whirlpool CoinJoin and BIP47 notification transactions. Ocean’s founder, Luke Dashjr, denies intentional censorship, attributing the issue to a bug in Samourai Wallet’s software. In a recent twist within the cryptocurrency space, one of the Bitcoin wallet providers Samourai Wallet has accused Ocean, a prominent BTC mining pool, of censoring specific Bitcoin transactions. The controversy involves not only technical accusations but also points fingers at industry figures, including Luke Dashjr, a Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Ocean. We can confirm that @ocean_mining has enacted a policy of censoring Whirlpool coinjoin transactions and BIP47 notification transactions as of Dec 6, 2023 This is a regrettable action by the operators @jack and @LukeDashjr and far surpasses any hostile action we have see...